by Doug Wright, directed by Beatrice Rancea

Photos by George Dăscălescu

Doug Wright

DOUG WRIGHT received the 2004 Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for I AM MY OWN WIFE. In addition, the play was honored with the Drama Desk Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Drama League Award. Doug’s play QUILLS won an Obie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting and the Kesserling Award for Best New American Play from the National Arts Club. Doug went on to write the screenplay adaptation, making his motion picture debut. The film was named Best Picture by the National Board of Review and nominated for three Academy Awards. His screenplay was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and received the Paul Selvin Award from the Writers Guild of America. Doug’s stage work has been produced at New York Theatre Workshop, Lincoln Center , WPA Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Wilma, Woolly Mammoth, McCarter Theatre and the LaJolla Playhouse. Titles include THE STONEWATER RAPTURE, INTERROGATING THE NUDE, WATBANALAND, BUZZSAW BERKELEY and UNWRAP YOUR CANDY. Doug has been published three times in The Best Short Plays series and his work has appeared in The Paris Review. He’s a member of the Dramatists Guild, The Writers Guild of America, East and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He serves on the board of the New York Theatre Workshop. In 2004, he was recognized with a special career citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.