Brenton Lengel
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Brenton Lengel, photographed 2008
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Brenton Christopher Lengel (born May 9, 1983) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist noted for his anarchist political views and participation in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. He is best known for his play North to Maine, the first play ever written about the Appalachian Trail; his international anarchist radio program Insurrection with Brenton Lengel; and his collaboration with Rogue, lead singer of the American goth/electropop band The Crüxshadows.
Lengel was born in Naples, Italy, the son of a flight surgeon serving in the US Navy. He spent his first two years living in Catania, Sicily, before the family returned to the United States, settling in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Lengel attended the University of Kentucky where he studied with Kentucky Poet Laureate Gurney Norman and playwright Herman D. Farrell III, earning a bachelor's degree in Theatre. He hiked the entirety of the Appalachian Trail over the course of five and a half months. Lengel would later work this experience into his play North to Maine
After cutting his teeth as an artist in the East Village underground, Lengel became the Playwright-In-Residence for State of Play Productions, Inc., which would go on to produce several of his major works. He would also be produced by The American Theatre of Actors, Fullstop Collective, The Manhattan Theatre Source, The Flea, The New York International Fringe Festival, and his own company Autonomous Collective.
Lengel is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. He cites cartoonist Bill Watterson as his most important creative influence. He also draws inspiration from Arthur Miller,Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon and J.R.R. Tolkien. In August 2014, Lengel and Rogue announced their collaboration on a rock opera called Afterall, based in part on the mythology and music of The Crüxshadows, which received its first public reading at Dragon Con 2014.
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