Doug Wright

Douglas Glendenning Wright[1] (born December 20, 1962)[2] is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2004 for his play, I Am My Own Wife.

For other people named Doug Wright, see Doug Wright (disambiguation).

Doug Wright
Born (1962-12-20) December 20, 1962
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
OccupationPlaywright, librettist, screenwriter
ResidenceNew York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materYale University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Drama (2004)
SpouseDavid Clement

Early years

Wright was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended and graduated from Highland Park High School, in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, where he excelled in the theater department and was President of the Thespian Club in 1981. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1985. He earned his Master of Fine Arts from New York University. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and serves on the boards of Yaddo and New York Theatre Workshop. He is a recipient of the William L. Bradley Fellowship at Yale University, the Charles MacArthur Fellowship at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, an HBO Fellowship in playwriting and the Alfred Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University.

Career

Wright’s play Quills premiered at Washington, D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in 1995 and subsequently had its debut Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. The play recounts the imagined final days in the life of the Marquis de Sade. Quills garnered the 1995 Kesselring Prize for Best New American Play from the National Arts Club and, for Wright, a 1996 Village Voice Obie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting.[3] In 2000, Wright wrote the screenplay for the film version of Quills which starred Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, and Michael Caine.

Wright’s I Am My Own Wife was produced Off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons in 2003. It transferred to Broadway where it won the Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The subject of this one-person play, which starred Jefferson Mays, is the German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf.

In 2006, Wright wrote the book for Grey Gardens, starring Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson. The musical is based on the Maysles brothers’ 1975 film documentary of the same title about Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (“Big Edie”) and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale (“Little Edie”), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s aunt and cousin. He adapted the Disney film The Little Mermaid for the Broadway musical, which opened in 2007.

In 2009, he was commissioned by the La Jolla Playhouse to adapt and direct Creditors by August Strindberg. In another La Jolla commission, he wrote the book for the musical Hands on a Hardbody, with the score by Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio. The musical had a brief run on Broadway in March and April 2013 after premiering at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2012.

He wrote the book for a musical, War Paint, about Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. The music is by Scott Frankel and the lyrics by Michael Korie. War Paint premiered at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, from June 28 to August 14, 2016, with stars Patti Lupone as Helena Rubinstein and Christine Ebersole as Elizabeth Arden.[4] It ran on Broadway in 2017. The musical received four Tony Award nominations for Ebersole, LuPone, for its set design and costume design.

For television, Wright worked on four pilots for producer Norman Lear and teleplays for Hallmark Entertainment and HBO. In film, Wright’s credits include screenplays for Fine Line Features, Fox Searchlight, and DreamWorks SKG.

As an ardent supporter for writers' rights in the theatre industry, he is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and currently serves as the elected president of the non-profit organization. He also serves on the board of New York Theatre Workshop. He is a recipient of the William L. Bradley Fellowship at Yale University, the Charles MacArthur Fellowship at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, an HBO Fellowship in playwriting and the Alfred Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University. In 2010 he was named a United States Artists Fellow.[5]

Personal life

Wright lives in New York City with his husband, singer/songwriter David Clement.[6]

Work

Theatre
YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
1983The Stonewall RapturePlaywrightYale Dramatic Association, CT[7]
1989UpuPlaywrightMitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, NY[8]
1989Buzzsaw BerkeleyBook byWPA Theatre, Off-Broadway[9]
1989DinosaursPlaywrightYale Repertory Theatre, New Haven[10]
1989Interrogating the NudePlaywrightYale Repertory Theatre, New Haven[11]
1995QuillsPlaywrightNew York Theatre Workshop, NY[12]
1995WatbanalandPlaywrightWPA Theatre, Off-Broadway[13]
2000Not Suitable For ChildrenPlaywrightSecond Stage Theater, Off-Broadway[14]
2001Unwrap Your CandyPlaywrightVineyard Theatre, Off-Broadway[15]
2003I Am My Own WifePlaywrightLyceum Theatre, Broadway[16]
2005Wildwood ParkPlaywrightFrederick Cultural Arts Center, MD[17]
2006-07Grey GardensBook byWalter Kerr Theatre, Broadway[18]
2007The Little MermaidBook byLunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway[19]
2011Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Playsaddt. PlaywrightMinetta Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway[20]
2012Hands on a HardbodyBook byBrooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway[21]
2015PosterityPlaywrightAtlantic Theatre Company, Off-Broadway[22]
2017War PaintBook byNederlander Theatre, Broadway[23]

Film and Television
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2000QuillsScreenwriterFilm[24]
2004Charlie RoseHimselfEpisode: July 30, 2004[25]
2006Tony Bennett: An American ClassicWriterDocumentary[26]
2015She's The Best Thing in ItHimselfDocumentary[27]

Awards and honors
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1996Obie AwardBest PlaywritingQuillsWon[28]
2001Golden Globes AwardsBest ScreenplayNominated[29]
2001Writers Guild AwardPaul Selvin AwardWon
2001Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationBest ScreenplayNominated
2001Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest ScreenplayNominated
2001Satellite AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayWon
2001Online Film Critics SocietyBest Adapted ScreenplayNominated
2004Lucille Lortel AwardsOutstanding Solo ShowI Am My Own WifeWon[30]
2004Drama Desk AwardBest PlayWon
2004Tony AwardTony Award for Best PlayWon
2004Pulitzer PrizePulitzer Prize for DramaWon
2005Lambda Literary AwardN/AWon
2006Toleranzpreis EuropaN/AWon[31]
2006Washington D.C. Film Critics AssociationBest Adapted ScreenplayMemoirs of a GeishaNominated
2006Lucille Lortel AwardsOutstanding MusicalGrey GardensNominated[32]
2006Drama Desk AwardOutstanding MusicalNominated
2006Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Book of a MusicalNominated
2007Tony AwardBest Book of a MusicalNominated
2013Drama Desk AwardOutstanding PlayHands on a HardbodyNominated
2013Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Book of a MusicalNominated
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References
  1. "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, (January 1, 2015). Douglas Glendenning Wright, 20 Dec 1962; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images; citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
  2. "Doug Wright". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. "Village Voice Obies page".
  4. War Paint, goodmantheatre, accessed June 7, 2016
  5. "United States Artists Official Website". Archived from the original on November 10, 2010.
  6. Huff-Hannon, Joseph. "Love Stories: Doug Wright and David Clement", advocate.com, from The Advocate, November 4, 2008
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  9. https://www.nytw.org/show/buzzsaw-berkeley/
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  27. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3527502/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1
  28. https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Doug-Wright/
  29. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942354/awards?ref_=nm_awd
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  31. "KulturPreis Europa – Ihre Entscheidung – Ihre Wahl". KulturForum Europa e.V. 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2008.
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