Melissa James Gibson

Melissa James Gibson is a Canadian-born playwright based in New York.

Life

The child of former

The New York Times theatre critic Charles Isherwood wrote that, with her play This, Gibson “graduates into the theatrical big leagues with this beautifully conceived, confidently executed and wholly accessible work.” ^[1]

She subsequently wrote episodes for The Americans and House of Cards, before joining Endeavor Content in an overall deal.^[4]

Awards

• 2002
  Kesselring Prize, The Best Plays of 2001–02 for [sic] ^[5]
• 2002 Whiting Award^[6]
• 2011 Steinberg Playwright Award

Works

• God's Paws (1993).
• Six Fugues (1995).
• [sic],
  Soho Rep
  (2001).
• Suitcase, or Those That Resemble Flies From A Distance (NEA/ TCG Theatre Residency Program),
  Soho Rep
  (2004).
• Brooklyn Bridge, music by Barbara Brousal (The Children's Theater Company/New Dramatists Playground program commission) (2005).
• Current Nobody, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, DC, (2007).
• Nuda Veritas, Philadelphia Fringe Festival (2009).
• This, Playwrights Horizons, (2009).^[7] Canadian Premiere: Vancouver Playhouse, January 2011, directed by Amiel Gladstone.
• What Rhymes With America, Atlantic Theater Company (2012).
• Various episodes for the TV series The Americans (2013-2014).
• Placebo, Playwrights Horizons (2015).
• Given Fish (Steppenwolf Theatre Company commission, grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Greenwall Foundation)

References

External links

• "Melissa James Gibson", doollee'
• "Interview with Melissa James Gibson", Playwrights Foundation, November 11, 2008
• "Melissa James Gibson: Lady of the Flies", The New York Observer, John Heilpern, February 8, 2004^{[dead link]}