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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1990

Special to The Jewish News

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WERE FIGHTING FOR 'GLIB LIFE

n Kitty Dubin's family
room the windows are
wide, tall and clear. They
provide both a pretty view of
a park outside and an abun-
dance of light within. The
bright setting seems ap-
propriate for Dubin, a Birm-
ingham playwright whose
forte is illuminating contem-
porary relationships.
Last March, the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre presented
Dubin's comedy-drama, The
Last Resort, which already
had enjoyed a successful
debut in Austin, Texas. On its
surface, the play tells the
story of a recently divorced
mother and her adolescent
son who seek refuge from con-
tention and custody conflict
at a vacation bungalow.
But the thematic heart of
Dubin's script beats between
the lines.
"That play was about get-
ting to a point in your life
where you really have to take
responsibility for it," Dubin
says. "The two leading
characters have to give up
their passivity and take con-
trol."
Zooming in for psyche-
closeups is Dubin's specialty
twice over. In addition to be-
ing a creator of dramatic
characters, the writer is also
a counselor of real clients, a
therapist with her own
private practice.
Dubin says her psycho-
logical work has been a
wonderful complement ' to
writing for the stage. She sees
significant links between
theater and therapy.
Both situations present a
main character in the midst
of crisis, she says. "Nobody
comes into therapy just to
chat. Typically, they come in
because their world is

crumbling. And that's usual-
ly when you meet a pro-
tagonist in a play."
Then, if the therapy is to be
constructive, or the play in-
teresting, the protagonist
goes through a process of
change, ending up at a dif-
ferent place from where he
started.
"In both cases," says Dubin,
as either counselor or
playwright, "I'm the change
agent."
Over the years, Dubin also
has negotiated important
transitions of her own. Born
and raised in Cleveland, she
attended the University of

Her psychological
work has been a
wonderful
complement to
writing for the
stage.

Wisconsin and the Universi-
ty of Michigan. Upon
graduating from Case
Western Reserve University,
she taught English in junior
high.
Married in 1969, and
relocating to Detroit, Dubin
entered a master's program
in English at Wayne State.
Because it fit nicely into her
schedule, she happened to
sign up for a playwriting
class. As part of her course
work, Dubin wrote Cookies,
which won first prize in the
Detroit Motion Picture
Playwriting Competition.
"I thought, 'I've found
something special that I can
do. I've found my niche
here, " Dubin says.
She sent her award-
winning play to Edward
Albee's agent. "Makes sense,
right?" she laughs. It was not
so much illusions of grandeur
that prompted the move,
Dubin says, as it was a case of
not knowing what to do next
to pursue her writing career.

