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The birth of Annie
Annie was born on May 6 of 1981, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States -
Iran hostage crisis
On November 4, fifity two American Diplomats and citizens were held hostage, the hostages were held for 444 days, the crisis reached a climax in early 1980 after diplomatic negotiations failed to win the release of the hostages. -
Anwar Sadat asassination
Anwar Sadat was assassinated on October 6 during the annual victory parade held in Cairo , he initiated serious peace negotiations with Israel. -
early life
Annie grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts , her father Conn Nugent was an administrator for the Five Colleges consortium and her mother Linda Baker was a psychology doctoral student. Her brother is author Benjamin Baker Nugent. -
911
The United States experienced a series of terror attacks, more than 2,000 people were killed including firefighters and police officers. -
Attended New York Tisch School
She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. One of the best colleges for film and video. -
Wrote Nocturama
Annie was struggling to get her work notice, she was working nine to five jobs. In 2006, she published Nocturama, a novel about a melancholy young man who returns home to live with his mother and her partner. -
First Off-Broadway play
Body awareness was perfiormed in 2008 , the play is about a lesbian couple trying to help their son that has down syndrome, but a character frank helps them realize that just because their son is sick it doesn't make him any less. This play captures the disfunctional times we can all have with our families. -
Studied at Brooklyn College
Baker studied under Mac Wellman at Brooklyn College to focus on her work getting an M.F.A. in 2009. -
Circle mirror transformations
In circle mirror transformations her play focuses on people daily life whose emotions are challenged through lessons in drama class.The play was one of the longest running shows in the history of playrights Horizons, and it received an Obie award for the best new American play. -
The Aliens
Two men at a coffee shop talk about their dreams of being in a rock band and calling it "The Aliens", then a new character named Iven comes in desperate to be part of the team. The "Aliens" (2010) , bakers third film was very well received. In 2012 she produced a highly praised adaption of Anton Chekhov's uncle Vanya. Her innate ability to converse made her the perfect candidate for the position. -
Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya
Annie produced an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya, its a story of characters caught between tradition and transformation. -
The Flick
The Flick is three characters , and they all pour out their feelings in a poetic type of way, she makes you realize in the play that although you might have a hard life everyone is the same and you aren't alone. Baker received critical acclaim for the play The Flick, which opened at Playwrights Horizons in 2013 -
Steinberg Playwright Award
Annie received the Steinberg Playwright Award which funded her $50,000 -
John
The squabbles of a discordant New York City couple during their stay at a spooky Pennsylvania bedd-and-breakfast were the subject of her 2015 play, John. -
Married
She is married to Nico Baumbach is known for The Squid and the Whale -
Obie for playwriting
She was awarded another Obie for playwriting in addition to the Pulitzer Prize for drama. In April 2016, the play opened in London after a nearly eight-month off- Broadway run. -
The Antipodes
Bakers next film. The antipodes, was released in 2017, and it depicted a brainstorming session amongst a group of screenwriters -
European premiere
Baker and Chloe Lamford Co-directed the premiere of The Antipodes -
Teaching
Annie Baker currently teaches playwriting classes at different universities across New York. -
Covid
The pandemic of coronavirus impacted everyone, work was reduced and more than five million cases in the year of 2020. -
