Steven Drukman is an American playwright and journalist.

Biography

In 2000, Drukman received a Ph.D. from

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, where he is currently an associate professor. Drukman spent many years writing for the Arts and Leisure section of ''

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''. Drukman's first play, ''Going Native'', premiered at the

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in 2002. The cast included Billy Porter and

Jessica Walter Jessica Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in over 170 film, stage and television productions. In film, she was best known for her role as a psychotic and obsessed fan of a local disc jockey in t ...

. In 2016, his play about Ted Williams, titled ''Going to See the Kid'', received its world premiere at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, MA and was nominated for an IRNE Award. In 2014, ''Death of the Author'' (published by Dramatists Play Service) premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, after being part of the 7@7 Series at Manhattan Theatre Club. ''Varietys Bob Verini called it "hands down, one of the very best plays of the year." Drukman's play ''The Prince of Atlantis'' received its world premiere at

South Coast Repertory South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California. Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson, is led by Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Direc ...

in April and was published in the July/August issue of ''American Theatre'' magazine. ''In This Corner'', which examines the lives of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling between 1930–1970, premiered at

The Old Globe Theatre The Old Globe is a professional theatre company located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons. Plays are performed in three separate theatres in the complex, which i ...

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in January 2008 and received the San Diego Critics Circle award for Best New Play. ''The Bullet Round'' received its world premiere at Arena Stage in Portland, Oregon in 2009. His first feature film, ''To Whom I May Concern'', will premiere in 2018. In 2010, ''The Innocents'' was presented at the

Asolo Repertory Theatre The Asolo Repertory Theatre or Asolo Rep (AKA: Asolo Theatre Company, Inc.) is a professional theater in Sarasota, Florida. It is the largest Actors' Equity Association, Equity theatre in Florida, and the largest Repertory, Repertory theatre in t ...

's "Unplugged" festival of new works and received its world premiere there in 2011. His play, ''Marquis Aurelius'', appeared in the same festival in 2013. One of his best known works is ''Another Fine Mess,'' which was an entrant for a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 and premiered at Portland Center Stage. His play ''Going Native'' premiered in 2002 at the

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. Drukman is also the author of two adaptations of plays by

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 origina ...

, titled '' Flattery Will Get You'', which premiered at

Connecticut Repertory Theatre Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) at the Storrs campus of the University of Connecticut is a professional theatre run by the Department of Dramatic Arts, a part of the School of Fine Arts. Its current artistic director is Megan Monaghan Rivas; pa ...

, and ''Snowmaiden'', which premiered at the Bob Hope Theater in

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. He is featured in Susan Johann's ''Focus on Playwrights: Portraits and Interviews'', published by the University of South Carolina press. Additionally, he edited a collection of works by

Craig Lucas Craig Lucas (born April 30, 1951) is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director. Biography Born on April 30, 1951, he was found abandoned in a car in Atlanta, Georgia. Lucas was adopted when he was ...

titled ''The Dying Gaul and Other Screenplays''. As an actor, he was a member of Chicago's Organic Theater Company and appeared in the 2006 film ''East Broadway''.

References

External links

Bio at the American Theatre Wing
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