R. Eric Thomas
Playwright
R. Eric Thomas (he/him) is the winner of the Barrymore Award for Best New Play, the Dramatists Guild Lanford Wilson Award, and the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Drama, and was a finalist for the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award and the O’Neill Conference. Recent productions include four world premieres: Nightbird at Austin Playhouse, Backing Track at Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre Company, The Folks at Home at Baltimore Center Stage, and Crying on Television at Everyman Theatre. A proud member of the WGA, he was on the writing staff for the Peabody Award-winning series Dickinson (AppleTV+) and Better Things (FX) and has developed multiple projects for film and television. His books include the national bestseller HERE FOR IT, KINGS OF B'MORE, a 2023 American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book, and CONGRATULATIONS, THE BEST IS OVER!, an instant USA Today Bestseller. He is the co-lead artistic mentor of PlayPenn’s playwriting cohort The Foundry and a member of Azuka Theatre’s New Pages. Website: REricThomas.com
Previously at Azuka:
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