David Grimm (playwright)

David Grimm

Grimm in 2009
Born Oberlin, Ohio
Occupation Playwright
Notable works Measure for Pleasure
Kit Marlowe

David Grimm is an American playwright.

Plays

The Miracle at Naples received its world premiere at The Huntington Theatre Company in Boston in April 2009. The production was directed by Huntington artistic director Peter Dubois, starring Dick Latessa, Alma Cuervo, and Lucy Devitto.[1]

Steve & Idi was developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab and is the first play from Rattlestick's DirtyWorks reading series to have a full production. The play received its world premiere at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York City in April 2008 in which Grimm played Steve to the Idi of Evan Parke.[2]

Chick is based on the book Magician of the Modern by Eugene R. Gaddis and was commissioned by Hartford Stage as part of the Hartford Heritage Project. The play received its world premiere at Hartford Stage in 2007 starring Robbie Sella and his wife, Enid Graham.[3][4]

Measure for Pleasure received its world premiere in March 2006 at The Public Theater in New York City. The production was directed by Peter DuBois, starring Wayne Knight, Michael Stuhlbarg, Euan Morton, and Suzanne Bertish.[5][6]

The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue received its world premiere at Hartford Stage in September 2005 directed by artistic director Michael Wilson.[7]

The Savages of Hartford was commissioned by The Public Theater/NY Shakespeare Festival [8]

Kit Marlowe received its world premiere at The Public Theater in November,2000 starring Christian Camargo, Sam Trammell, and Keith David.[9]

Sheridan, or Schooled in Scandal received its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, in July 2000. The production was directed by Mark Brokaw.[10][11]

edgar was the winner of the 1996 Julie Harris Playwright’s Award and the 1996 Panowski Award.[12]

Killing Hilda was produced by Blue Moon Productions in 1999.[13]

Appearances

Originally taped in December 2007, Grimm joined a panel of playwrights on American Theatre Wing's Working in the Theatre. Grimm, Carlyle Brown, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Lucy Thurber talked about their differing styles of playwriting, what inspired them to start writing, how the world of the playwright has evolved and changed and what influences their writing and the challenges in getting their work produced.[14]

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