Richard Wesley, Associate Professor in Playwriting and Screenwriting, was educated at Howard University in Washington, DC, graduating with a BFA in 1967. His plays include, The Black Terror, a Drama Desk winner, produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre, in 1971; The Mighty Gents, an Audelco Award winner, premiered on Broadway in 1978.
The 1970s also saw Wesley embark on a motion picture career, penning screenplays for the motion pictures, Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Let's Do It Again (Warner Bros., 1975), Native Son (1984) and Fast Forward (Columbia Pictures, 1985). Prof. Wesley's teleplays include, Murder Without Motive (1991), Mandela And De Klerk(1997), and Bojangles (2000).
He has also written episodes for the television series, Fallen Angels and 100 Centre Street. Wesley served as an Adjunct at the following institutions: Manhattanville College, Wesleyan University, Borough of Manhattan Community College and Rutgers University.
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His anthology will be available for sale.
Shinn is the author of 11 plays, five of which premiered at the Royal Court: Four, Other People, Where Do We Live (Obie Award), Dying City (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Now or Later, which was directed by Dominic Cooke and shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play. His adaptation of Hedda Gabler premiered on Broadway in 2009 in a production directed by Ian Rickson.
A Guggenheim fellow, he teaches playwriting at the New School for Drama. His most recent play is An Opening in Time, which premiered at Hartford Stage this past fall, and his 2013 play Teddy Ferrara completed a run at the Donmar Warehouse in December 2015. His newest project is The World Will Not Contain Us, a musical with David Hancock Turner.
The discussion will be moderated by Drama Book Shop staff member and fellow playwright, Steven Carl McCasland. It will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, and a signing on the main floor of the book shop. Copies of Mr. Shinn's plays will be available for sale at the shop.
Now in its 99th year, The Drama Book Shop is located at 250 West 40th Street, between 7th and 8th avenues. Admission to the discussion is free.
The discussion will be moderated by Drama Book Shop staff member and fellow playwright, Steven Carl McCasland. It will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, and a signing on the main floor of the book shop. Copies of Mr. Shinn's plays will be available for sale at the shop.
Now in its 99th year, The Drama Book Shop is located at 250 West 40th Street, between 7th and 8th avenues. Admission to the discussion is free.
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