Edward Morgan, Fulbright Scholar, New Bulgarian University, AY 2018-2019

Jul 27, 2023 | Alumni

In the past year, Edward participated in a number of activities, including:

Director:

The Christains, by Lucas Hnath (released as a film, virtually)
Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 2020

Up Close (But Not Too Close!)
Live theatre with Emmy Award-Winning Public TV Host & Comedian John McGivern
Live at the Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, April 2021

Editor & Translator: 

The Path to Your R.E.A.L. Health, An Integrative Guide to Your Total Well-Being by Dr. Raquelina Luna
(Available on Amazon & Smashwords), Released May 2021

Script-Doctor:

15 Horas, Spanish/Dominican film, directed by Judith Colell
Premiere: Festival de Cine de Malaga, Spain, June 2021

Playwright:

So You Can Look Ahead
Online Reading: sponsored by Regent’s University London & Gedenkort-T4, Berlin, June, 2020

Written in the Stars (w/Naseem Badie)
Radio/Online Production, Poltergeist Theatre Project, San Francisco, CA, April 2021

Program Administrator:

S.O.S. TALK COVID-19, Luna Life Foundation
Program offering free medical and psychological counselling online  – provided free services to thousands of Spanish-speaking clients in 11 countries; March – June 2020

Guest Speaker/Presenter:

“Online Counseling During the Covid-19 Pandemic”
Covid-19 Research and Initiative Discussion Series, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Nov. 2020

“Expand Yourself in a New Language”
English Language Institute, Santiago, Dominican Republic, July 2020

“Leadership Begins With Me”
State Farm Insurance Agency, Corporate Training, Queens, NY, Dec. 2020

Over the past year, Edward Morgan directed several productions including his play, So You Can Look Ahead at Lamar University in Texas, Three Viewpoints at Next in Milwaukee and Up Close (But Not Too Close!) with John McGivern, an Emmy award winning comedian and storyteller at Northern Lights Theatre in the Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee. He has also been awarded another Fulbright for 2022-2023, using theatre and creative writing to teach upper level English and to help train English teachers in Kyrgyzstan.

He has recently published three articles about Kyrgyzstan and his time there.
The first is a general overview, the second is about the country’s relationship with Russia and the impact of the Ukraine War and the third is a selection of some of my posts. Lots of photos with the articles, too, some of which I took. Here are the links:

A general overview:

Edward Morgan: Former Milwaukee resident shares memories of Kyrgyzstan on its Independence Day | Milwaukee Independent

The country’s relationship with Russia and the impact of the Ukraine War :

A selection of some posts:

https://mkeind.com/KyrgyzMorgan3

Also, Edward is currently in rehearsal in Santiago, Dominican Republic for an upcoming production of his play El Panfleto (The Pamphlet), which, he first directed at New Bulgarian University (Sofia) in May, 2019. He directed the premiere in Spanish in Santiago in 2020 but Covid shut it down after two performances. Now the play has been chosen as one of the plays to represent Santiago in the upcoming XI Internacional Festival de Teatro (FITE) in October 2023. The play is set in the DR in 1960 but explores how people respond to tyranny, so it’s certainly resonant in the world today. 
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