Craig Wright (cont'd)
It was subsequently seen in a critically acclaimed production at Northlight Theater, the Furious Theatre (three LA Drama Critic’s Circle Awards including Best Play), the Pure Theatre, Pacific Theatre in Vancouver (two Jesse Richardson Awards), Chester Theater and Luna Theater. Recent Tragic Events also debuted at Woolly and was produced by Playwrights Horizons with Heather Graham in the lead and has been produced around the country. It was a finalist for the American Theatre Critics New Play Award and the Helen Hayes Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play. Melissa Arctic, a contemporary adaptation of The Winter’s Tale, premiered at the Folger Theatre and won the 2005 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play. It will be seen this season at Two Rivers Theater Company, again directed by Aaron Posner.
Other productions: Main Street was commissioned and premiered by the Great American History Theatre. Orange Flower Water has been produced around the country, including Steppenwolf in an extended engagement that led the Chicago Sun-Times to name it one of the Best of the Year. It was seen in New York at the Edge Theatre under the direction of Carolyn Cantor. Molly’s Delicious had its debut at the Arden Theatre where it received a Barrymore nomination for Best New Play. The Pavilion has received dozens of productions around the country including an extended run at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre in New York under the direction of Lucie Tiberghian where it received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding New Play.
Publications include Main Street and The Unseen by Playscripts, Inc., Molly’s Delicious by Dramatic Publishing and various selections in Smith & Kraus’ The Best Stage Monologues book series. Orange Flower Water is included in a Smith & Kraus Best Play collection. The Pavilion, Orange Flower Water and Recent Tragic Events are published by Dramatists Play Service.
Mr. Wright received an Emmy nomination for his Six Feet Under episode “Twilight” and a WGA nomination for his episode “Falling Into Place”. He has served as writer and producer for the JJ Abrams series Lost and the ABC series Brothers & Sisters. He is the creator and Executive Producer of his own series, Dirty Sexy Money which airs on ABC starring Peter Krause, Donald Sutherland and Jill Clayburgh and is currently in its second season.
As the co-leader of the alternative rock band, The Tropicals, Mr. Wright has toured with Grammy-nominated Semisonic, and The Tropicals’ first release, Live At The Jungle, was named one of the Top 10 local releases by every leading Twin Cities’ newspaper and weekly. As a member of the band Kangaroo he has released two albums, Phantom and Skyscraper Spaceship. A graduate of United Theological Seminary, Mr. Wright lives in Los Angeles.