Caryl Churchill

Personal Information


Carol Churchill was born in London, and immigrated to Canada with her family in the late 1940’s. At the age of 18 she returned to Britain to study at Oxford, where her first two stage plays were produced. In the 1960’s she wrote a number of plays for radio, including The Ants (1962), Lovesick (1966) and Identical Twins (1968). Her association with the Royal Court Theatre began in the early 1970s with Owners (1972), a satire on capitalism. This was followed by such plays as Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (1976), Cloud Nine (1979), Fen (1983), Top Girls (1982), Softcops (1984) and Serious Money (1987), an award-winning satirical view of the London Stock Exchange after the "Big Bang" of 1986. Churchill has also written for television, notably Turkish Delight (1973), The Legion Hall Bombing (1978), and Crimes (1981). Her plays of the 1990s include Mad Forest (1990), set in Romania, Lives of the Great Poisoners (1991), and The Skriker (1994), a supernatural tale that incorporated mime, dance, and the music of composer Judith Weir

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Credits

Author

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Light Shining In Buckinghamshire	New York Theatre Workshop	05/07/2018	Playwright
2	Cloud Nine	Linda Gross Theater	10/05/2015	Playwright
3	Love and Information	Minetta Lane Theatre	02/19/2014	Playwright
4	Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	03/16/2008	Playwright
5	A Number	New York Theatre Workshop	12/07/2004	Playwright
6	Far Away	New York Theatre Workshop	11/11/2002	Playwright
7	The Skriker	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	04/23/1996	Playwright
8	Cloud 9	Perry Street Theatre	11/03/1993	Playwright
9	Owners	New York Theatre Workshop	03/05/1993	Playwright
10	Traps	New York Theatre Workshop	03/05/1993	Playwright
11	Mad Forest	New York City Center/ Stage I	09/22/1992	Playwright
12	Vinegar Tom	Westbeth Theatre	03/10/1992	Playwright
13	Mad Forest	Perry Street Theatre	11/22/1991	Playwright
14	Light Shining in Buckinghamshire	Perry Street Theatre	02/12/1991	Playwright
15	Ice Cream with Hot Fudge	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	04/17/1990	Playwright
16	Serious Money	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	12/03/1987	Playwright
17	Fen	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	03/04/1984	Playwright
18	Fen	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall	05/24/1983	Playwright
19	Top Girls	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	03/15/1983	Playwright
20	Top Girls	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	12/29/1982	Playwright
21	Cloud 9	Lucille Lortel Theatre	05/18/1981	Playwright
22	Owners	Mercer Arts Center	05/14/1973	Playwright

Awards

		Award	Production	Function
1	NOMINATED	2016 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Cloud Nine	Playwright
2	WON	2005 Obie Award, Playwriting	A Number	Playwright
3	WON	1994 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Owners	Playwright
			Traps	Playwright
4	WON	1988 Obie Award, Best New American Play	Serious Money	Playwright
5	NOMINATED	1983 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best American Play	Top Girls	Playwright
6	WON	1983 Obie Award, Playwriting	Top Girls	Playwright
7	WON	1983 Obie Award, Distinguished Playwriting	Top Girls	Playwright
8	WON	1982 Obie Award, Playwriting	Cloud 9	Playwright