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In Conversation with Craig Lucas
In Conversation with Craig Lucas
Broadway Playwright and acclaimed screenwriter Craig Lucas is coming to Tampa Bay as part of research for his next play. Join us for an opportunity to hear from him about his award winning career, inspiration for his work, and how his own personal recovery plays a key part of his journey.
Hosted by Sean Daniels, this intimate conversation will be a chance to get to hear from one of the American Theatre’s most celebrated and dangerously honest writers.
As he develops his next piece, Craig has a question for you: “What do you feel seldom makes it into the plays, movies, novels, and TV you see — which aspects of your life do you wish were part of the national conversation?”
In Conversation with Craig Lucas
Thursday, January 16, 2025
6:00 PM–7:00 PM
Marly Room
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg FL 33701
Free for MFA Members; $15 for Not-Yet-Members (Youth 17 and under are Free!)*
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ABOUT CRAIG LUCAS
Craig Lucas’ full-length plays include Missing Persons, Reckless, Blue Window, Prelude to a Kiss, God’s Heart, This Thing of Darkness(co-authored with David Schulner), The Dying Gaul, Stranger, Small Tragedy, Prayer for My Enemy, The Singing Forest, Ode to Joy, The Lying Lesson, I Was Most Alive with You and Whynot Christmas Carol (which premiered at San Francisco’s ACT in December 2024).
Screenplays include Longtime Companion (Sundance Audience Award), The Secret Lives of Dentists (NY Film Critics Best Screenplay Award), Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, Blue Window, The Dying Gaul.
Libretti include The Light in the Piazza (music and lyrics by Adam Guettel), Two Boys (composer Nico Muhly, world premiere at the English National Opera, American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera), Orpheus in Love (with composer Gerald Busby), 3 Postcards (with composer/lyricist Craig Carnelia), An American in Paris (music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin), Amélie (music by Dan Messe, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Dan Messe), Prelude to a Kiss (music by Dan Messe, lyrics by Sean Hartley and Dan Messe), Days of Wine and Roses (music and lyrics by Adam Guettel), and Marry Me A Little, Songs by Stephen by Sondheim (co-conceived with Norman René and Suzanne Henry).
Lucas’ new English-language adaptations include Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, and Miss Julie. He directed the world premiere of The Light in the Piazza, Harry Kondoleon’s plays Saved Or Destroyed & Play Yourself, and the films The Dying Gaul & Birds of America.
Lucas has worked with many remarkable directors including Mark Wing-Davey, Oliver Butler, Norman René, Pam MacKinnon, Lisa Petersen, Daniel Sullivan, Tyne Rafaeli, Christopher Wheeldon, Alan Rudolph, Mark Brokaw, Bartlett Sher and Joe Mantello. He received the Excellence in Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, the Laura Pels/PEN Mid-career Award, the Hermitage Greenfield Prize, LAMBDA Literary Award, Hull-Warriner Award, Flora Roberts Award, Steinberg/ACTA Best Play Award among many others. He has 4 Tony nominations, 3 Obie Awards (one for directing) and has been a Pulitzer finalist.
ABOUT SEAN DANIELS
Sean Daniels is the Anti-Stigma Director for Live Tampa Bay and a leading voice in using the arts to defeat addiction. His play, The White Chip, a NYTimes Critics Pick and Drama League nominee for ‘Best Revival, has been performed around the world as a catalyst for community conversation and connection. It currently just closed Off-Broadway produced by Hank Azaria, Jason Biggs, and Tony winners John Larroqutte and Annaleigh Ashford.
“Plays save lives in all kinds of ways. I would bet that The White Chip has and will.”
— The New York Times.
Next it will play Off-West End in 2025. Most importantly, he lives in sunny Bradenton, FL with Veronika and Vivien – neither of which have ever seen him take a drink.
ABOUT LIVE TAMPA BAY
Live Tampa Bay mobilizes business, faith, nonprofit, and philanthropic leaders in our region around a singular mission: to drastically reduce opioid deaths in our community. Learn more at: https://livetampabay.org/.
Photo Credit
Photo of Craig Lucas courtesy of Bronwen Sharp.
