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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 is a producer and writer of TV shows such as The Chi, Foundation and The Color Purple. He has also written plays and won awards and nominations for his work.
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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 poet, playwright, and screenwriter who won the 2022 WGA award for MAID and the 2019 Doris Duke Artist Award. He wrote THE COLOR PURPLE (2023) and THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND, among other plays and TV shows.
Jul 30, 2018 · When you hear a drum beat as you’re watching Marcus Gardley’s “The House That Will Not Stand,” which opened on Monday night at New York Theater Workshop, sit up and pay attention. It’s...
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...
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.
