Lucas Hnath
Lucas Hnath is an American playwright. He won a Whiting Award.
Biography
Hnath grew up in Orlando, Florida. He moved to New York City to study pre-med, and then changed to dramatic writing, earning a MFA. He teaches at New York University.[1]
He is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.[2]
The Christians
His play The Christians was produced at the Humana Festival of New American Plays (Louisville, Kentucky) in 2014[3][4] and premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on August 28, 2015 (previews), closing on October 25, 2015. Directed by Les Waters, the cast featured Andrew Garman as "Pastor Paul". The play concerns influence and faith in a megachurch.[5]
The play was nominated for two 2016 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Play and Outstanding Actor in a Play, Andrew Garman.[6] The play was nominated for the 2016 Lortel Awards for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (Garman).[7] The play won the 2016 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play.[8]
Works
- Death Tax,[9] 2012, Humana Festival of New American Plays; Royal Court Theatre
- A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney,[10] 2013, Soho Rep
- Isaac's Eye,[11] New York City, Ensemble Studio Theatre
- Red Speedo, Overlook Press, ISBN 9781468310849; 2013, Studio Theater, Washington, DC;[12] 2016, New York Theatre Workshop[13]
- The Christians, Overlook Press, 2015, ISBN 9781468310832, Actors Theatre of Louisville; Playwright's Horizons [4][5][14][15][16]
Awards
- 2015 Whiting Award[17]
- 2016 Kesselring Prize for The Christians[18]
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2012 Whitfield Cook Award for Isaacs Eye[19]
- Two Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citations (2013 for Death Tax)[19]
References
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- ↑ Diep Tran. "Lucas Hnath: Frustration Is the Point" tcg.org, accessed May 1, 2016
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- ↑ The Christians actorstheatre.org, accessed May 1, 2016
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- ↑ The Christians lortel.org, accessed May 1, 2016
- ↑ 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards Presented Tonight" Playbill, May 1, 2016
- ↑ Viagas, Robert. "Bright Star and The Humans Win Top 2016 NY Outer Critics Circle Awards" playbill, May 9, 2016
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- ↑ Pressley, Nelson. "Studio Theatre’s ‘Red Speedo’ tests the waters on a current issue: doping" Washington Post, September 27, 2013
- ↑ Clement, Olivia. "Lucas Hnath's 'Red Speedo' Opens Tonight" Playbill, March 6, 2016
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- ↑ Clement, Olivia. "Playwrights Anne Washburn and Lucas Hnath Honored with Whiting Award Grants" Playbill, March 9, 2015
- ↑ Clement, Olivia. "Lucas Hnath Play Named Winner of Kesselring Prize" Playbill, September 28, 2015
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Lucas Hnath" tisch.nyu.edu, accessed May 1, 2016
