Doug Wright has signed with Anonymous Content for illustration.
Playwright, screenwriter and librettist, Wright, most lately wrote “The Burial,” directed by Maggie Betts and starring Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones. The authorized drama premiered on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant earlier than its launch on Prime Video.
He’s at present co-writing the ebook with Will Powers for the Broadway revival of “Damn Yankees,” directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo and slated to premiere on Broadway in Spring 2027.
Wright can be identified for his play “I Am My Own Wife”, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Finest New Play in 2004. His most up-to-date play, “Good Night, Oscar,” premiered on Broadway following a run at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
Earlier in his profession, Wright received an Obie Award for his play “Quills,” which he subsequently tailored for the display. The movie was named Finest Image by the Nationwide Board of Overview and obtained three Academy Award nominations. Wright’s screenplay earned a Golden Globe nomination and obtained the Paul Selvin Award from the Writers Guild of America.
His in depth theater credit additionally embody: “Grey Gardens,” Disney’s stage adaptation of “The Little Mermaid,” and “Hands on a Hardbody,” for which he obtained a Drama Desk Award nomination.
Wright has contributed screenwriting and rewrite work on main studio releases for Sony Footage, Twentieth Century Fox and The Weinstein Firm. He additionally penned the tv particular “Tony Bennett: An American Classic” for director Rob Marshall, which earned seven Emmy Awards.
Wright continues to be represented by UTA and David Colden A Skilled Company.
