Craig Pospisil
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Craig Pospisil is an American playwright, and musical bookwriter. He has written nine full length plays and musicals,, mostly comedies, and more than 40 short plays and musicals.
. He graduated from Wesleyan University
, and later studied playwriting in the Dramatic Writing Program in the Tisch School of the Arts
at New York University
. His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service
and Playscripts, Inc.
, and have appeared in the publications such as Plays and Playwrights 2001, Monologues for Men by Men, Best Women's Stage Monologues 2002, Best Stage Scenes 2002, Take Ten II, Under Thirty, Best Ten Minute Plays 2005, Best Stage Scenes 2006, Best Ten Minute Plays 2006, Best Women's Monologues 2007,Rosebud Magazine, Outstanding Men's Monologues Vol. 2 and Outstanding Women's Monologues Vol. 2, from publishers Smith & Kraus, Heinemann and Vintage Books
. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
He is best known for the plays Months on End, which had its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre Company
in Chelsea, Michigan, and Somewhere in Between, which had its professional premiere at Detroit Repertory Company, but he has also had success with his short plays, such as It's Not You, On the Edge and Infant Morality. His plays have been seen at Ensemble Studio Theatre, New World Stages, Atlantic Theater, Bay Street Theater, New York Musical Festival, PSNBC, Vital Theater, West Coast Ensemble and the Caldwell Theater, and have been performed in Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Samoa, Spain and Hong Kong. His plays have been translated into Danish, French and Cantonese. More recently he has worked on the musicals Drift and Dot Comet, commissioned by the New Musical Development Fund.
Pospisil is Head Writer for theAtrainplays, and he wrote his short plays It's Not You, Free and Tourist Attraction for some of their 24 hour theater productions. He is an Artistic Advisor to the Winter Harbor Theatre Company in Portland, Maine., and has written for and co-produced the theater's Letters series of politically themed works. He works as the Director of Nonprofessional Licensing for Dramatists Play Service. and is the editor of Outstanding Men’s Monologues, Volumes 1 & 2 and Outstanding Women’s Monologues, Volumes 1 & 2. Pospisil has been a guest lecturer and teacher at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference,, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
, Hollins University and Loyola Marymount University. His works has also been produced on the radio by Stage Shadows Inc..
The Dunes
Months on End
The American Dream Revisited
Somewhere in Between
Biography
Pospisil was born and raised in New York City, where he attended Trinity SchoolTrinity School
-Australia:*Trinity College, Perth*Trinity Grammar School *Trinity Grammar School -Spain:*Trinity Language School, a private accredited Spanish language school in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz-United Kingdom:...
. He graduated from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, and later studied playwriting in the Dramatic Writing Program in the Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service
Dramatists Play Service
Established in 1936 by members of the Dramatists Guild and the Society for Authors' Representatives, Dramatists Play Service, Inc. is a theatrical publishing and licensing house...
and Playscripts, Inc.
Playscripts, Inc.
Playscripts, Inc. is a New York City-based publisher of new plays and musicals, founded by brothers and playwrights Doug and Jonathan Rand. Included in the exclusive Playscripts catalog are over 1,600 plays and musicals by over 800 authors....
, and have appeared in the publications such as Plays and Playwrights 2001, Monologues for Men by Men, Best Women's Stage Monologues 2002, Best Stage Scenes 2002, Take Ten II, Under Thirty, Best Ten Minute Plays 2005, Best Stage Scenes 2006, Best Ten Minute Plays 2006, Best Women's Monologues 2007,Rosebud Magazine, Outstanding Men's Monologues Vol. 2 and Outstanding Women's Monologues Vol. 2, from publishers Smith & Kraus, Heinemann and Vintage Books
Vintage Books
Vintage Books is a publishing imprint founded in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf. Its publishing list includes world literature, fiction, and non-fiction...
. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
He is best known for the plays Months on End, which had its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre Company
Purple Rose Theatre Company
The Purple Rose Theatre Company was founded by Jeff Daniels in 1991. Originally known as the Garage Theatre, 'The Rose' takes its name from Woody Allen's 1985 film The Purple Rose of Cairo starring Daniels...
in Chelsea, Michigan, and Somewhere in Between, which had its professional premiere at Detroit Repertory Company, but he has also had success with his short plays, such as It's Not You, On the Edge and Infant Morality. His plays have been seen at Ensemble Studio Theatre, New World Stages, Atlantic Theater, Bay Street Theater, New York Musical Festival, PSNBC, Vital Theater, West Coast Ensemble and the Caldwell Theater, and have been performed in Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Samoa, Spain and Hong Kong. His plays have been translated into Danish, French and Cantonese. More recently he has worked on the musicals Drift and Dot Comet, commissioned by the New Musical Development Fund.
Pospisil is Head Writer for theAtrainplays, and he wrote his short plays It's Not You, Free and Tourist Attraction for some of their 24 hour theater productions. He is an Artistic Advisor to the Winter Harbor Theatre Company in Portland, Maine., and has written for and co-produced the theater's Letters series of politically themed works. He works as the Director of Nonprofessional Licensing for Dramatists Play Service. and is the editor of Outstanding Men’s Monologues, Volumes 1 & 2 and Outstanding Women’s Monologues, Volumes 1 & 2. Pospisil has been a guest lecturer and teacher at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference,, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is a national theatre program dedicated to the improvement of collegiate theatre in the United States...
, Hollins University and Loyola Marymount University. His works has also been produced on the radio by Stage Shadows Inc..
Awards
Pospisil was honored by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for "Excellence in Playwriting" on January 29, 2011 at the confence for Region 1 of the festival. He is a six time finalist for the Heideman Award at the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays, and has twice been a finalist for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Center in Connecticut.The Dunes
- Winner - Theatre Conspiracy's Ninth Annual New Play Contest
Months on End
- Winner - Inter-Play Festival, Shipping Dock Theatre, Rochester, NY
- Winner - New Play Project, Backdoor Theatre, Wichita Falls, TX
- Winner - Towngate Theatre Playwriting Contest, Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV
The American Dream Revisited
- Alan Minieri Playwrighting Award, Turnip Theatre, New York, NY
Somewhere in Between
- Winner - FutureFest, Dayton Playhouse, Dayton, OH
- Winner - Inter-Play Festival, Shipping Dock Theatre, Rochester, NY
Full Length Plays and Musicals
- Dot Comet (musical - music & lyrics by Michael Ogborn) (2010)
- The Dunes (2009)
- Drift (musical - music & lyrics by Jeremy SchonfeldJeremy SchonfeldJeremy Schonfeld is a singer-songwriter and musical theater composer. His song-writing style includes influences of tuneful pop, hard-edged rock, gospel, soul and blues comparable to Billy Joel and Jonathan Larson.- Biography :Jeremy Schonfeld attended the Berklee College of Music and...
) (2007) - Months on End (2003)
- Somewhere in Between (1996)
One-Acts and Short Plays
- The American Dream Revisited
- The Best Way to Go
- Class Conflict
- Dissonance
- Double Wedding
- Free
- Guerilla Gorilla
- Guns Don't Kill
- Her Head on the Pillow
- In a Word
- Infant Morality
- It's Not You
- The Last December
- Manhattan Drum-Taps
- A Mother's Love
- No Child Left
- On the Edge
- On the Wings of a Butterfly
- Perchance
- Quandary in Quando
- A Quiet Empty Life
- Tourist Attraction
- Train of Thought
- What Price?
- Whatever
External links
- Official Website: Craig Pospisil
- Washington Square Arts & Film Theatrical Management
- Dramatists Play ServiceDramatists Play ServiceEstablished in 1936 by members of the Dramatists Guild and the Society for Authors' Representatives, Dramatists Play Service, Inc. is a theatrical publishing and licensing house...
Authors' Bios
- Playscripts, Inc.Playscripts, Inc.Playscripts, Inc. is a New York City-based publisher of new plays and musicals, founded by brothers and playwrights Doug and Jonathan Rand. Included in the exclusive Playscripts catalog are over 1,600 plays and musicals by over 800 authors....
Authors' Bios