Christopher Durang

Personal Information
CHRISTOPHER DURANG has had plays On and Off-Broadway including A History of the American Film (Tony nomination), Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (OBIE Award), Beyond Therapy, Baby with the Bathwater, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (OBIE Award, Hull Warriner Award), Laughing Wild, Betty’s Summer Vacation (OBIE Award), Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge and Miss Witherspoon, which had a double premiere at McCarter Theatre and Playwrights Horizons. Miss Witherspoon and Mrs. Bob… will soon be published by Grove/Atlantic Press. His musical, Adrift in Macao, with book and lyrics by Durang and music by Peter Melnick received its New York City premier at Primary Stages following a run at Philadelphia Theatre Company. As an actor, he has appeared in movies and in his own plays. He’s appeared with Sigourney Weaver in their co-authored Das Lusitania Songspiel (Drama Desk nominations for both of them), and with Julie Andrews in the Stephen Sondheim revue Putting It Together at Manhattan Theatre Club. With John Augustine and Sherry Anderson he performed his crackpot cabaret Chris Durang and Dawne (Bistro Award). With Marsha Norman, he’s co-chair of the Playwriting Program at Juilliard where they have jointly won the Margo Jones Award for their work with developing playwrights. He’s a member of the Dramatists Guild Council.
 
External Links: Primary Stages Oral History Project
Playwrights' Sidewalk: Christopher Durang has a star on the Playwrights' Sidewalk.
Credits

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 11/12/2012 Playwright
2 Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 04/06/2009 Playwright
3 The Marriage of Bette and Boo Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 07/13/2008 Playwright
4 Adrift in Macao 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 02/13/2007 Book
5 Adrift in Macao 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 02/13/2007 Lyricist
6 Miss Witherspoon Playwrights Horizons 11/29/2005 Playwright
7 Betty's Summer Vacation Playwrights Horizons 03/14/1999 Playwright
8 Durang/Durang New York City Center/ Stage II 11/14/1994 Playwright
9 Urban Blight New York City Center/ Stage I 05/18/1988 Book
10 Laughing Wild Playwrights Horizons 11/11/1987 Playwright
11 The Marriage of Bette and Boo Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 05/16/1985 Playwright
12 Baby with the Bathwater Playwrights Horizons 11/08/1983 Playwright
13 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You / The Actor's Nightmare Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 02/24/1982 Playwright
14 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You / The Actor's Nightmare Playwrights Horizons 10/16/1981 Playwright
15 Beyond Therapy Marymount Manhattan Theatre 01/01/1981 Playwright
16 Das Lusitania Songspiel Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 01/10/1980 Author
17 Das Lusitania Songspiel Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 01/10/1980 Lyricist
18 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You Ensemble Studio Theatre 11/12/1979 Playwright
19 Titanic 15 Van Dam 05/10/1976 Playwright
20 Das Lusitania Songspiel 15 Van Dam 05/10/1976 Playwright

Actor
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Putting It Together New York City Center/ Stage I 03/02/1993 N/A
2 Ubu Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 05/23/1989 Ubu's Conscience
3 Laughing Wild Playwrights Horizons 11/11/1987 Man
4 The Marriage of Bette and Boo Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 05/16/1985 Matt
5 Young Playwrights Festival (1983) Circle Repertory Theatre 04/13/1983 Michael (A New Approach)/ Wallace (The Birthday Present)
6 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You / The Actor's Nightmare Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 02/24/1982 Aloysius Benheim/ George Spevlin REPLACEMENT
7 Das Lusitania Songspiel Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 01/10/1980 N/A
8 Das Lusitania Songspiel 15 Van Dam 05/10/1976 N/A

Director
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Young Playwrights Festival (1988) Playwrights Horizons 09/13/1988 Director
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2013 GLAAD Media Award, Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Playwright
2 NOMINATED 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best New Play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Playwright
3 NOMINATED 2009 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Play Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Playwright
4 NOMINATED 2009 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Playwright
5 WON 2007 Lucille Lortel Award, Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee    
6 NOMINATED 2006 Pulitzer Prize, Drama Miss Witherspoon Playwright
7 WON 1999 Obie Award, Playwriting Betty's Summer Vacation Playwright
8 WON 1985 Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner's Award The Marriage of Bette and Boo Playwright
9 WON 1985 Obie Award, Playwriting The Marriage of Bette and Boo Playwright
10 WON 1985 Obie Award, Performance The Marriage of Bette and Boo Actor
11 NOMINATED 1980 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical Das Lusitania Songspiel Actor
12 NOMINATED 1980 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Musical    
13 WON 1980 Obie Award, Playwriting Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You Playwright