D.W. Gregory, playwright
D.W. Gregory writes comedies and dramas that draw on her working-class roots. Often set in rural America, her plays explore the disconnect between the dream and reality of American blue-collar experience. Whether a dark, expressionistic comedy such as The Good Girl Is Gone or a Brechtian drama such as Radium Girls, her plays frequently present an unseen offstage character as well--the economic and political forces that shape the individuals on stage. A resident playwright at New Jersey Repertory Co., Gregory is also a former National Core Member of the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis and a founding member of The Playwrights Gymnasium, a process-oriented playwrights group in Washington, D.C. Her plays have been produced throughout the United States and abroad, including productions in Singapore, London, Madrid, and Lima, Peru. In addition to writing plays, Gregory has worked as a theater critic--most recently for The Washington Post--and as a teaching artist. For more information, access her Website: www.dwgregory.com or look for her work at Dramatic Publishing.
Other plays by D.W. Gregory ...
D.W. Gregory's plays have been produced throughout the United States and abroad, both by professional theatres and in educational settings.
Here's what the critics have said about other plays ...
About Radium Girls:
"A compelling new drama.... the playwright lays out the facts with historical accuracy, descriptive simplicity and graphic candor. " —Variety
"Radium Girls may speak to our collective capacity for denial. But it also celebrates our individual courage." —The Daily Record, Morristown, N.J.
"The best new play in New Jersey professional theatre." —The Star-Ledger
About The Good Daughter:
D.W. Gregory's affecting family drama "The Good Daughter," boasts a flavorful, cinematic sweep.
-- Variety
Like some downstream eddy, "The Good Daughter" draws you in within seconds --
-- Asbury Park Press
D.W. Gregory has written a classically American play that really digs deeply into the roots of our society and societal expectations.
--- TriCity News
... a multifaceted, thought provoking traditional American play which stirs echoes of Eugene O’Neill
--Bob Rendell's New Jersey
About October 1962
For their first mainstage offering of the year, the people of New Jersey Repertory Company have dropped something of a quiet bombshell — a production that sets the bar high for everything to follow.
--Tom Chesek, Asbury Park Press
" ...a decided Hitchcockian fabric to the steely narrative..."
Robert Daniels, Variety
"Gregory makes "October 1962" one of those all-too-rare accomplished plays where theatergoers are sure they can guess what really happened, only to find that the playwright has led them down the wrong path of the maze."
-- Peter Filichia, Newark Star-Ledger |
