Stephen Adly Guirgis
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Stephen Adly Guirgis- A Playwright, Actor, and Teleplay Writer.
Stephen Adly Guirgis is a member of the the New York City Labyrinth Theater Company. In good company, with those like Academy Award Winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. His plays have been performed at the Union Square Theater in New York City; The East 13th Street Theater; London's Donmar Warehouse, The Hampsted Theater, and the Arts Theater in the West End. Along with theaters in Austrailia, 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 Award as Best New Play. Many other other nominations and awards came from his other plays. [[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 TimeOut New York.
His Television writing credits include, The Sopranos, 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.
[1] [2] Most Information is derived through contact with Stephen Adly Guirgis for which he did a Q & A after his play Den of Thieves.