From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Will Eno
Will Eno
Will Eno is an American playwright based in Brooklyn, The Quarterly, and Best Ten-Minute Plays for Two Actors.[cita-
New York. tion needed]
His plays include Tragedy: a tragedy, The Flu Season,
King: a problem play Thom Pain (based on nothing), Middle-
town,
play,
town Oh, the Humanity and other good intentions and an
References
adaptation of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt titled Gnit Although his
Gnit. [1] Life’s a Gift? Quick. Exchange It. - Review - Theater
plays were originally mainly produced in Britain,[citation - New York Times
needed] Eno has been making headway in the New York [2] Past Productions at The Cutting Ball Theater
City theatre landscape. Charles Isherwood, theatre critic
for The New York Times, called Eno "a Samuel Beckett for the
Jon Stewart generation".[1]
External links
He is a Helen Merrill Playwriting Fellow, a recipient • Oh, The Humanity & other good intentions at
of the coveted Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Edward Northern Stage, Newcastle, UK
F. Albee Foundation Fellow. In 2004, he was awarded the • Website for the 2005 American Premiere of Thom
first-ever Marian Seldes/Garson Kanin Fellowship by the Pain (based on nothing) at DR2 Theatre
Theater Hall of Fame. His play, The Flu Season, recently • Thom Pain (based on nothing) at Seattle Repertory
won the Oppenheimer Award, presented by New York Theatre
Newsday, for best debut production in the previous year • "Life’s a Gift? Quick. Exchange It." New York Times
in New York by an American playwright.[citation needed] • "The wonderfully odd playwright makes small-town
Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 America absurd" Time Out New York
Pulitzer Prize in Drama. His plays have been produced by Persondata
the Gate Theatre, the SOHO Theatre, and BBC Radio (Lon- Name Eno, Will
don); the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company, The Sa-
Alternative names
tori Group (Seattle); the Flea Theatre, NY Power Compa-
ny and Naked Angels (NYC); Quebracho Théâtre (Paris); Short description
Circle-X (Los Angeles); The Cutting Ball Theater[2](San Date of birth 1965
Francisco) as well as Berlin, Sydney, and São Paulo.[citation Place of birth
needed] Middletown was recently produced by Steppenwolf
Theatre Company." Date of death
His plays are published by Oberon Books, TCG, Place of death
playscripts, and have appeared in Harper’s, Antioch Review,
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