John Clancy (playwright)
John Clancy is a contemporary American playwright and director. He was a co-founder and first Artistic Director of the New York International Fringe Festival[1][2] and its producing organization The Present Company.
John Clancy's written work centers mainly on the American experience, and is characterized by dark humor and farce. His best-known play is Fatboy: An American Grotesque, a modern re-working of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi.
Clancy's directing has earned five Fringe First Awards (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and two Best of Fringe Awards (Adelaide Fringe Festival). He was awarded a 2005 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Direction, a 2002 Glasgow Herald Angel Award for Excellence in Direction, a 1997 New York Magazine Award, and a 2008 Dialogue ONE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre.
Clancy lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side with his wife, actress Nancy Walsh.
[edit] List of authored plays and monologues
- Fatboy
- Secret Agent Man
- Paper Man
- Notice of Default and Opportunity to Cure
- The Fire Sermon
- The Broccoli Incident
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[edit] References
- ^ New York, Volume 33, New York Magazine Co., 2000, p. 92
- ^ Zinoman, Jason (August 21, 2009). "Celebrating Stock Traders? Only at the Fringe". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/theater/21fringe.html. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
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