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David Greenspan
David Greenspan
	Greenspan in 2017
Born	1956 (age 68–69); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Stage actor, playwright
Partner	William Kennon

David Greenspan (born 1956) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of six Obies, including an award in 2010 for Sustained Achievement.^[1]

Life

Greenspan was born in 1956 in Los Angeles, California. He holds a B.A. in Drama from the University of California at Irvine. He lives in New York City with his long-time partner, painter William Kennon.^[2]

Career

"A classicist in experimental clothing, David Greenspan is a playwright who is also passionately involved in the theatre as an actor and director. From his early more autobiographical plays (one of which, Principia, took inspiration from the shifting modalities of Joyce’s Ulysses) to more recent works inspired by (and at times adapted from the work of) Hawthorne, Stein, Molnar, and Thorton Wilder, Greenspan’s theatre is a place where anything can happen. Deliciously complicated, incredibly funny, the work, whether tragic, tender, mysterious or cruel, betrays a profoundly empathic imagination. Both wildly conjured and deeply attentive to diverse literary and theatrical traditionsfrom vaudeville and Greek mythology to the Bible and boulevard comedyGreenspan’s plays ask big questions about history, creation, sexual behavior, the complications of family and the very act of performing a play."^[3]

In 2009 he collaborated with Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields in a musical adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, under the direction of Leigh Silverman. In an interview with Lizzie Olesker in The Brooklyn Rail, Greenspan describes the musical: "We suggest things. Not like a large animated musical. There’s no amplification of our voices. We wanted something that was more direct and immediate as opposed to something coming out of a wall of sound."^[4]

In 2022, Greenspan was included in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, profiled in a chapter written by performance scholar Nick Salvato.^[5]

List of works

Theater

The Horizontal And The Vertical, world premiere HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NYC, 1986
Dig A Hole And Bury You Father, world premiere HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NYC, 1987
Jack, world premiere HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NYC, 1987
Principa, world premiere HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NYC, 1988
The Home Show Pieces, world premiere HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NYC, 1988^[6]
2 Samuel 11, Etc., world premiere HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, NYC, 1989
Dead Mother, Or Shirley Not All In Vain, world premiere NYSF/Public Theater, 1991
Dog In A Dancing School, world premiere Dance Theater Workshop, NYC, 1993
Son Of An Engineer, world premiere HERE Arts Center, NYC, 1993
Start From Scratch, world premiere New Renaissance @ Greenwich House, NYC, 1993
Them, world premiere Actors Theater of Louisville, 1993
Only Beauty, reading NYSF/The Public Theater, NYC, 1997
Five Frozen Embryos, world premiere New York Fringe Festival, 2002
She Stoops To Comedy, world premiere Playwrights Horizons, NYC, 2003^[7]
The Argument, world premiere Target Margin Theater, NYC, 2007^[8]
Old Comedy From Aristophanes' Frogs, world premiere Target Margin Theater, NYC, 2008^[9]
Coraline, world premiere Manhattan Class Company, NYC, 2009^[10]
The Myopia, an epic burlesque of tragic proportion, world premiere The Foundry Theatre, NYC, 2010^[11]
Go Back To Where You Are, world premiere Playwrights Horizons, NYC, 2011^[12]
Jump, world premiere Under The Radar Festival - NYSF/Public Theater, NYC, 2011^[13]
Jonas, world premiere Transport Group, NYC, 2011
I'm Looking For Helen Twelvetrees, world premiere Abrons Arts Center, NYC 2015
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, world premiere Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ, 2018^[14]
On Set with Theda Bara, world premiere The Brick, Brooklyn, NY, 2023

Performance Credits

Theater

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2019), Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre as "Uncle Pio" (also Director)^[15]
Cute Activist (2018), Bushwick Starr as "Landlorde"^[16]
Strange Interlude, Transport Group (solo performance), NYC 2017^[17]
Punk Rock (2014) MCC Theater as "Dr. Richard Harvey"^[18]
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2012) Classic Stage Company as "Francis Flute"^[19]
Go Back to Where You Are (2011) Playwrights Horizons as "Passalus"^[20]
The Patsy (2011) Transport Group (solo performance) NYC^[21]

Awards and nominations

Awards

2013 Lambda Literary Award for Drama - The Myopia and Other Plays, a collection of five of his plays published by University of Michigan Press in 2012, won a Lambda Literary Award in 2013 in the Drama category.^[22]
2010 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement^[23]
2008 Obie Award Special Citation - The Argument^[24]
2007 Obie Award for Performance - Some Men^[25]
2007 Obie Award for Performance - "Faust"^[26]
2003 Obie Award Special Citation - She Stoops to Comedy^[27]
2002 CalArts//Alpert Awards in the Arts
1996 Obie Award for Performance^[28] - Some Men by Terrence McNally

Nominations

2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award Nomination - Best Special Event, The Patsy^[29]
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination - Outstanding Solo Performance - "The Patsy"^[30]
2008 Drama League Award Nomination - Distinguished Performance Award - Beebo Brinker Chronicles^[31]
2007 Lucille Lortel Award Nomination - Outstanding Featured Actor - Beebo Brinker Chronicles^[32]
2007 Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play - Beebo Brinker Chronicles^[33]

Fellowships

An alumnus of New Dramatists, he has received playwriting fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation and Charles Revson Foundation. He received the 1993 McKnight Fellowship from the Playwrights Center and a 2006 Lucille Lortel Foundation Fellowship.

Bibliography

She Stoops to Comedy by David Greenspan, Samuel French, Inc., October 2013^[34]
The Myopia and Other Plays, University of Michigan Press, 2012^[35]
Four Plays and a Monologue, No Passport Press, 2012
Go Back to Where You Are by David Greeenspan Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Playwrights Horizons, 2011^[36]
She Stoops To Comedy in Plays From Playwrights Horizons, Vol 2, Broadway Play Publishing Inc., 2010
"Play: A Journal of Plays, Vol. 3", 2007^[37]
Son of an Engineer, Sun and Moon Press, 2000

Interviews

Borinsky, Alexander. "David Greenspan. And his Little Dog, Too" "The Brooklyn Rail" (March 2015)
CFR Staff. David Greenspan on David Greenspan" The Clyde Fitch Report" (May 22, 2013)
Charles McNulty. "Theatricalizing Theory: A Conversation with the Inimitable David Greenspan" Los Angeles Times (November 9, 2011)
Raymond, Gerard. "Staging Solos: An Interview with David Greenspan" "Slant Magazine" (July 2011)
Olesker, Lizzie. "The Power of Suggestion: David Greenspan" "The Brooklyn Rail" (May 2009)

References

^ "Obie Awards for 'Circle Mirror Transformation' and Its Author" The New York Times
^ "Don Shewey Interview" donshewey.com
^ "David Greenspan Alpert Award bio" Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine alpertawards.org
^ Olesker, Lizzie (May 2009). "The Power of Suggestion: David Greenspan". The Brooklyn Rail.
^ Salvato, Nick (2022). "David Greenspan". In Noriega and Schildcrout (ed.). 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre. Routledge. pp. 85–89. ISBN 978-1032067964.
^ Gussow, Mel (29 January 1992). "Theater in Review". The New York Times.
^ "She Stoops to Comedy". 3 April 2003.
^ "The Argument & Dinner Party".
^ "Old Comedy".
^ "CORALINE :: MCC Theater :: New York City". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "The Myopia". 18 February 2010.
^ "Go Back to Where You Are". 24 March 2011.
^ "Under the Radar: Festival Supported by Nettikasinot and Others".
^ "BROADWAY WORLD: Two River Theater Announces 10th Annual Crossing Borders Festival | Two River Theater". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
^ Dolen, Christine (2019-10-21). "His play speaks to Miami, a tale of love and loss that's set in Peru". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
^ Green, Jesse (2018). "Review: Hipsters Double-Check Their Privilege in 'Cute Activist'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
^ "David Greenspan to Perform Strange Interlude as a 6-Hour Solo Show | Playbill". Playbill. September 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
^ " Punk Rock Listing" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org, accessed May 11, 2015
^ [1] Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org
^ [2] Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org
^ [3] Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org
^ "25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. LGBT Weekly, June 4, 2013.
^ Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Village Voice 2006-2007 Obie Winners
^ Village Voice 2006-2007 Obie Winners
^ Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Greenspan, David (2013). She Stoops to Comedy. Samuel French. ISBN 978-0573700705.
^ The Myopia and Other Plays by David Greenspan.
^ "Go Back to Where You Are by David Greenspan - Book - Subscriptions, Membership and Merchandise". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ PLAY a Journal of Plays. Paper Theatre. January 2007.

External links

David Greenspan at the Internet Broadway Database
David Greenspan at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
David Greenspan profile at the New York Times
Bomb Magazine Interview Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Obie Awards for 'Circle Mirror Transformation' and Its Author" The New York Times

[2] "Don Shewey Interview" donshewey.com

[3] "David Greenspan Alpert Award bio" Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine alpertawards.org

[4] Olesker, Lizzie (May 2009). "The Power of Suggestion: David Greenspan". The Brooklyn Rail.

[5] Salvato, Nick (2022). "David Greenspan". In Noriega and Schildcrout (ed.). 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre. Routledge. pp. 85–89. ISBN 978-1032067964.

[6] Gussow, Mel (29 January 1992). "Theater in Review". The New York Times.

[7] "She Stoops to Comedy". 3 April 2003.

[8] "The Argument & Dinner Party".

[9] "Old Comedy".

[10] "CORALINE :: MCC Theater :: New York City". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[11] "The Myopia". 18 February 2010.

[12] "Go Back to Where You Are". 24 March 2011.

[13] "Under the Radar: Festival Supported by Nettikasinot and Others".

[14] "BROADWAY WORLD: Two River Theater Announces 10th Annual Crossing Borders Festival | Two River Theater". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

[15] Dolen, Christine (2019-10-21). "His play speaks to Miami, a tale of love and loss that's set in Peru". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

[16] Green, Jesse (2018). "Review: Hipsters Double-Check Their Privilege in 'Cute Activist'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

[17] "David Greenspan to Perform Strange Interlude as a 6-Hour Solo Show | Playbill". Playbill. September 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

[18] " Punk Rock Listing" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org, accessed May 11, 2015

[19] [1] Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org

[20] [2] Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org

[21] [3] Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org

[22] "25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. LGBT Weekly, June 4, 2013.

[23] Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine

[24] Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine

[25] Village Voice 2006-2007 Obie Winners

[26] Village Voice 2006-2007 Obie Winners

[27] Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine

[28] Obie search engine Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine

[29] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[30] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[31] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[32] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[33] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[34] Greenspan, David (2013). She Stoops to Comedy. Samuel French. ISBN 978-0573700705.

[35] The Myopia and Other Plays by David Greenspan.

[36] "Go Back to Where You Are by David Greenspan - Book - Subscriptions, Membership and Merchandise". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[37] PLAY a Journal of Plays. Paper Theatre. January 2007.

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PROFILPELAJAR.COM

David Greenspan

Life

Career

List of works

Theater

Performance Credits

Theater

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Interviews

References

External links

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