Romulus Linney is the author of three novels, short stories, essays, and over thirty plays, including The Sorrows of Frederick, Holy Ghosts, Heathen Valley, Childe Byron and 2, along with many adaptations, among them an Appalachian Peer Gynt and the stage version of Ernest J. Gaines's novel A Lesson Before Dying. Grants and awards include two OBIES - one for Sustained Achievement in Playwriting. He is a member of The Ensemble Theatre. He has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which gave him its Award in Literature and its Award of Merit Medal for Drama.   Playwrights' Sidewalk: Romulus Linney has a star on the Playwrights' Sidewalk.

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	A Lesson Before Dying	Peter Norton Space	09/17/2000	Playwright
2	2: Goering at Nuremberg	Primary Stages	05/10/1995	Playwright
3	FM/The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks	Signature Theatre	05/15/1992	Playwright
4	Ambrosio	Signature Theatre	04/24/1992	Playwright
5	A Woman Without a Name	Signature Theatre	01/30/1992	Playwright
6	Heathen Valley	Signature Theatre	12/04/1991	Playwright
7	The Sorrows of Frederick	Signature Theatre	10/10/1991	Playwright
8	April Snow	New York City Center/ Stage II	03/15/1988	Playwright
9	Childe Byron	Circle Theatre	02/26/1981	Playwright
10	The Captivity of Pixie Shedman	Marymount Manhattan Theatre	01/29/1981	Playwright
11	Old Man Joseph and His Family	Westside Theatre/ Upstairs	01/25/1978	Playwright

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	FM/The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks	Signature Theatre	05/15/1992	Director
2	Ambrosio	Signature Theatre	04/24/1992	Director
3	Heathen Valley	Signature Theatre	12/04/1991	Director

		Award	Production	Function
1	WON	2002 Lucille Lortel Award, Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee