Lanford Wilson

Personal Information


Lanford Wilson is the author of 17 full length and over 30 short plays. As a pioneer in the Off-Off-Broadway movement in New York, Lanford Wilson slowly but surely established himself as a young playwright to watch in the early 1960’s. From 1963 to 1967, his plays were regularly produced at the Caffe Cino and La Mama Experimental Theatre Company. In 1969, he became one of the founders of The Circle Repertory Theatre Company, where he remained until 1995 as Resident Playwright. His plays include: Balm in Gilead, Burn This, The Fifth of July, The Hot l Baltimore, Lemon Sky, The Mound Builders, Talley’s Folly and Redwood Curtain. He has received numerous awards including the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, The Institute of Arts and Letters Award, three Obies, two New York Drama Critic's Circle Awards, the Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Most recently, he was the saluted playwright at the William Inge Theatre Festival in 2001. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council and has made his home in Sag Harbor since 1970.

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Credits

Author

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	The Mound Builders	Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre	03/17/2013	Playwright
2	Talley's Folly	Laura Pels Theatre (Current)	03/05/2013	Playwright
3	Rain Dance	Peter Norton Space	05/20/2003	Playwright
4	Fifth of July	Peter Norton Space	02/03/2003	Playwright
5	Ghosts	East 13th Street/CSC Theatre	11/10/2002	Translator
6	Book of Days	Peter Norton Space	11/03/2002	Playwright
7	Burn This	Union Square Theatre	09/19/2002	Playwright
8	Sympathetic Magic	Second Stage Theatre	04/16/1997	Playwright
9	By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea	New York City Center/ Stage II	04/30/1996	Playwright
10	Moonshot and Cosmos	Circle Repertory Theatre	04/20/1994	Playwright
11	The Rimers of Eldritch	McGinn-Cazale Theatre	11/08/1988	Playwright
12	Burn This	Theater 890	02/18/1987	Playwright
13	Talley's Folly	Parish Hall at the Church of Heavenly Rest	05/15/1986	Playwright
14	The Mound Builders	Triplex Theater	01/30/1986	Playwright
15	Lemon Sky	McGinn-Cazale Theatre	11/25/1985	Playwright
16	Talley & Son	Circle Repertory Theatre	09/24/1985	Playwright
17	Balm in Gilead	Circle Repertory Theatre	05/31/1984	Playwright
18	Serenading Louie	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	01/17/1984	Playwright
19	Angels Fall	Circle Repertory Theatre	10/17/1982	Playwright
20	Confluence	Circle Repertory Theatre	01/10/1982	Playwright
21	A Tale Told	Circle Theatre	06/11/1981	Playwright
22	Talley's Folly	Circle Theatre	05/01/1979	Playwright
23	Fifth of July	Circle Theatre	04/27/1978	Playwright
24	Two from the Late Show	Circle Theatre	03/09/1978	Playwright
25	Serenading Louie	Circle Theatre	05/02/1976	Playwright
26	The Mound Builders	Circle Theatre	02/02/1975	Playwright
27	The Hot l Baltimore	Circle in the Square Downtown	03/22/1973	Playwright
28	Lemon Sky	Playhouse Theatre	05/17/1970	Playwright
29	Collision Course	Actors' Playhouse	06/04/1968	Author
30	The Rimers of Eldritch	Cherry Lane Theatre	02/20/1967	Playwright
31	6 From La Mama (First Program)	Martinique Theatre	04/11/1966	Playwright
32	Ludlow Fair / The Madness of Lady Bright	Theater East	03/22/1966	Playwright
33	Theatre 1965 New Playwrights Series: First Program	Cherry Lane Theatre	02/10/1965	Playwright

Awards

		Award	Production	Function
1	NOMINATED	2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Talley's Folly	Playwright
2	NOMINATED	2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play Revival	Talley's Folly	Playwright
3	NOMINATED	2003 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Burn This	Playwright
4	WON	2003 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Fifth of July	Playwright
5	WON	2001 Lucille Lortel Award, Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
6	WON	1997 Obie Award, Playwriting	Sympathetic Magic	Playwright
7	WON	1980 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Play	Talley's Folly	Playwright
8	WON	1973 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best American Play	The Hot l Baltimore	Playwright
9	WON	1973 Obie Award, Best American Play	The Hot l Baltimore	Playwright