Craig Lucas

Craig Lucas is the author of MISSING PERSONS, RECKLESS, BLUE WINDOW, PRELUDE TO A KISS, GOD’S HEART, THE DYING GAUL, STRANGER, THIS THING OF DARKNESS (with David Schulner), SMALL TRAGEDY, THE SINGING FOREST, PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, ODE TO JOY, and I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU. Screenplays: “Blue Window,” “Longtime Companion,” “Prelude to a Kiss,” “Reckless,” “The Secret Lives of Dentists,” “The Dying Gaul.” Libretti: TWO BOYS (Nico Muhly, composer), THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Adam Guettel, music & lyrics), CINDERELLA (Prokoviev, Christopher Wheeldon choreographer), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (George & Ira Gershwin; Christopher Wheeldon, director), AMELIE (Dan Messe, music & lyrics, Nathan Tysen, lyrics), THREE POSTCARDS (Craig Carnelia, music & lyrics). Director: “The Dying Gaul” (film), “Birds of America” (film), THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (stage, world premiere, Initman), THIS THING OF DARKNESS (stage, world premiere), SAVED OR DESTROYED (stage, Harry Kondoleon), PLAY YOURSELF (stage, Harry Kondoleon), ODE TO JOY (stage, world premiere). New English adapations: GALILEO (Brecht), MISS JULIE (Strindberg), THREE SISTERS & UNCLE VANYA (Chekhov). Awards/Fellowships: Twice nominated for the Tony, Pulitzer finalist, 3 Obie Awards (one for directing SAVED OR DESTROYED), New York Film Critics Best Screenplay Award (“The Secret Lives of Dentists”), Steinberg New Play Award (THE SINGING FOREST), Laura Pels/PEN Mid-Career Achievement, Greenfield Prize, Excellence in Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; NEA, Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships. Lucas is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, Directors Guild and the Writers Guild of America. He lives in upstate New York with Frankie Krainz.

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