David Lindsay-Abaire
| David Lindsay-Abaire | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Abaire November 30, 1969 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Playwright, lyricist, Screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Sarah Lawrence College ('92) |
| Spouse | Christine Lindsay-Abaire |
| Information | |
| Notable work(s) |
Fuddy Meers Kimberly Akimbo Good People (play) |
| Magnum opus | Rabbit Hole |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2007) |
David Lindsay-Abaire (born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations.
David Lindsay-Abaire was born David Abaire in Boston, Massachusetts. He concentrated in theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, where he graduated in 1992. He was accepted into the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School, where he wrote under the tutelage of playwrights Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang from 1996 to 1998.
Lindsay-Abaire had his first theatrical success with Fuddy Meers, which was workshopped as part of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in 1998 under Artistic Director Lloyd Richards. The play premiered Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club, running from November 2, 1999 to January 2000 and transferred to the Minetta Lane Theatre on January 27, 2000, closing in April 2000 after 16 previews and 78 performances there. He returned to the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2001 with Wonder of the World, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, about a wife who suddenly leaves her husband and hops a bus to Niagara Falls in search of freedom, enlightenment, and the meaning of life.
Lindsay-Abaire also wrote Kimberly Akimbo (2000),Dotting and Dashing (1999), Snow Angel (1999), and A Devil Inside (Off-Broadway, 1997). Among his early short plays, he wrote The Li'l Plays (1997-1999) which are five comedic plays, each 10–15 minutes in length.
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