Gary Sunshine is an American playwright and television writer.[1] He was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island, where his father was a self-employed plastic slipcover cutter and his mother was a computer programmer.
Sunshine started writing plays a year after graduating from Princeton University, where he majored in English with a concentration in Theater.[2] He received an MFA from NYU's Dramatic Writing Program. He received the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights and has also been a recipient of a NYFA Fellowship. His work has been published in The Best American Short Plays and Monologues for Men by Men. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists and a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, and the Dramatists Guild.
In December 2004, Sunshine was in residence at the Royal National Theatre Studio in London. He wrote, co-created, and co-produced the documentary What I Want My Words To Do To You,[3] which premiered nationwide on PBS’s P.O.V.[4] after being awarded the Freedom of Expression Award at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and the Audience Choice Award at HBO's Provincetown Film Festival.
Plays
[edit]- This Joan
- Reasons to wake up
- Star of mine
- A history of plastic slipcovers
- Al takes a bride[5]
- Mercury[1]
- Sweetness
Television
[edit]- As the World Turns (Breakdown Writer: December 2006 – July 2007)
- Hung – HBO Television Series[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Young, Glenn (2002). The Best Of American Short Plays 2000–2001. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781557834805.
- ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly. Vol. 88. Princeton Alumni Weekly. 9 December 1987. p. 53.
- ^ Morris, Terry (4 December 2003). "Footlights; Middletown Production Captures Spirit of Swing Era". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, OH. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "P.O.V. – What I Want My Words to Do to You – Film Synopsis". PBS. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Pellissippi State's Magnolia Avenue Drama Club Presents 'Al Takes A Bride". US Fed News Service. 21 November 2006. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Hung Cast And Crew". HBO. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
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