Stephen Adly Guirgis
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Stephen Adly Guirgis is a playwright, actor, and teleplay writer. He is a member of the New York City LAByrinth Theater Company, whose other members include Philip Seymour Hoffman and Justin Reinsilber. His plays have been performed at the Union Square Theater in New York City; The East 13th Street Theater; London's Donmar Warehouse, the Hampstead Theatre, and the Arts Theatre in the West End, along with theaters in Australia, Norway, Finland, Chile, South Africa, and across the United States, such as Boston's Company One Theater Production company.
His play Jesus Hopped the A Train won the Edinburgh Fringe First Award and the Detroit Free Press Play of the year. It was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Awards as Best New Play. Our Lady of 121st Street received a best play nomination from the Drama Desk. In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings was named one of the Ten Best Plays of 1999 by Time Out New York. In 2008 his play The Little Flower of East Orange was produced by New York's LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and featuring Ellen Burstyn in the title role.
His television writing credits include NYPD Blue, UC: Undercover, and Big Apple, along with many projects in the works.
He continues his acting on stage and on film, in movies like Todd Solondz's Palindromes, Brett C. Leonard's Jailbait (opposite Michael Pitt), and Noah Buschel's Neal Cassady.
