Verburg, Carol

Alongside a career in academic and trade publishing, Carol Verburg helped found the Provincetown Playwrights' Lab and headed Cape Cod theater companies in Provincetown, Bourne, and Cotuit. There she produced the late artist Edward Gorey's many original "entertainments," and directed scripts ranging from "Hamlet" (with a Gorey set design) to the U.S. debut of Peter Shaffer's "The Gift of the Gorgon." Carol's own plays include "The Whistling Pig" (Cotuit; honorable mention, Jane Chambers Award), "The Abduction" (Bourne; Utah Shakespearean Festival), "Lady Day in Love" (Bourne, Sandwich, San Fran...