Nancy Shank

Nancy Shank’s work explores the limits of personal integrity during times of societal upheaval. Nancy’s first full-length play, This Mortal Life Also, dramatizes the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer a theologian and pacifist in World War II Germany. Nancy is now at work on a contemporary novel based in the United States the explores notions of community.

Nancy spent nearly 30 years in academia where her research interests included community development, information technology, and water resources. She has published numerous scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals. Nancy earned a PhD in Human Sciences and an MBA from the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), and a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA).

Nancy is a member of: Dramatists Guild (New York, NY), New Play Exchange, Playwrights’ Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Playwrights Collective (Lincoln, NE).

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