Hendrix-Murphy Foundation - Programs in Literature and Language

April 8 marked the final presentation of “4-H: Hendrix-Grown Theatre,” featuring plays by Phillip Powell, Jay Vicente, and Elizabeth Yang. The program, which is based ...

Over spring break, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation supported Murphy Visiting Fellow in Poetry Dr. Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach in taking a group of students to the Association of Write...

Via Hendrix College : CONWAY, Ark. (April 6, 2022) – Thirty-four first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted into the...

Revolutionary Reads is a student-led book group that discusses literary works about race and social justice. This month’s selection is Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. In this co...

This year’s Murphy Visiting Theatre Director is actor, director, and teaching artist Marti Gobel. Gobel is an adjunct professor at Marquette University and earned her BA in Perfor...

In February we were honored to have hosted Murphy Visiting Playwright Lynn Nottage who is the first, and remains the only, woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. No...

Submissions are open for the 2022-2023 Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Student and Alumni Playwriting Contests. These contests are open to all Hendrix College students and alumni. First...

Join Hendrix-Murphy on Wednesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in Worsham Performance Hall for An Evening with Mayda del Valle. Born and reared on the South Side of Chicago, Mayda del V...

Join Hendrix-Murphy on Tuesday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall for An Evening with Writer-in-Residence Frederick McKindra. McKindra is an essayist and fiction writ...

Oct 6, 2021, 7:00 p.m. via Teams in the Hendrix-Murphy channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team Email Hendrix-Murphy@hendrix.edu to request a direct link to join. ...

March 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m., Reves Recital Hall and via Teams in the Hendrix-Murphy Channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team Email Hendrix-Murphy@hendrix.edu to reque...

March 11, 2021, 7:30 p.m. via Teams in the Hendrix-Murphy Channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team Email Hendrix-Murphy@hendrix.edu to request a direct link to join...

March 5–6, 2021 Gus Kaikkonen, an award-winning actor, director, and playwright, will direct a student theatrical production of Shakespeare's convivial comedy A Midsummer...

February 26, 4:45 p.m., Cabe Theatre (limited capacity) and via Teams in the Hendrix-Murphy Channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team Gus Kaikkonen will discuss dramati...

February 18, 2021, 7:30 p.m. via Teams in the Hendrix-Murphy Channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team Email Hendrix-Murphy@hendrix.edu to request a direct link to j...

February 11, 2021, 7:30 p.m. via Teams in the Hendrix-Murphy Channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team Email Hendrix-Murphy@hendrix.edu to request a direct link to join. ...

An Evening with Murphy Visiting Writer Mohsin Hamid April 8, 2021, 7:30 p.m., via Teams in the Hendrix-Murphy Channel of the Hendrix Community Events Team Email ...

An Evening with Murphy Visiting Writer in Spanish Daína Chaviano October 20, 2020, 7:30 p.m., via Teams A Havana native and graduate of Universidad de la Habana, Daína ...

Murphy Scholars Program Program Offers Opportunities in Literature & Language Murphy Scholars in Literature and Language are students from all majors who receive d...