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Marcus Gardley (born 1977/1978) is an American poet, playwright and screenwriter from West Oakland, California. He is an ensemble member playwright at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago and an assistant professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Brown University.
Marcus Gardley, born and raised in Oakland, California, is an acclaimed poet, playwright, and screenwriter whom The New Yorker describes as “the heir to Garcia Lorca, Pirandello and Tennessee Williams.”
Marcus Gardley is a nationally renowned playwright whose works have been shown on stages across the country and internationally. Yet despite his obvious talents, it comes as a surprise when he admits to having written his first play as a child before he’d even seen one.
Marcus Gardley is a proud Bay Area-born playwright-poet whom The New Yorker calls “the heir to Garcia Lorca, Pirandello and Tennessee Williams.” He received a 2019 Obie Award for his...
- Marcus Gardley has written 5 shows including On the Levee (Bookwriter), Desire (Writer), X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. the Nation (Playwright), The House...
- Marcus Gardley has been nominated for several prestigious awards in the Broadway industry. These include an Outstanding Adaptation nomination at th...
- Marcus Gardley has won the Playwriting Award at the Obie Awards for his work on "The House That Will Not Stand".
Marcus Gardley is an acclaimed poet, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for the just released reimagining of THE COLOR PURPLE (2023). He won the 2022 WGA award for best adapted tv longform series for MAID (Netflix). He is the recipient of the 2019 Doris Duke Artist Award.
Marcus Gardley is known for The Chi (2018), Foundation (2021) and The Color Purple (2023).
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Oakland native Marcus Gardley is an acclaimed poet, playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer. He won the 2022 WGA award for best adapted long-form series for MAID (Netflix). His play “The House That Will Not Stand” had its world premiere with Berkeley Rep in January 2014 and won the 2019 Obie Award.
