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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 known for The Chi (2018), Foundation (2021) and The Color Purple (2023).
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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.
Feb 4, 2015 · Award-winning playwright Marcus Gardley falls into the third category. His dramas are both wildly inventive and rich with history, invoking poetry, original music, and Greek mythology to focus attention on social issues, as seen through the lens of the African-American experience.
Jul 27, 2021 · Marcus Gardley, the screenwriter behind the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic What’s Going On, has struck an overall television deal with Amazon Studios.
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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.
