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Egyptian Americans · Theater

Stephen Adly Guirgis

Playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. His play Between Riverside and Crazy won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[Source]

Where in the US · Grew upBorn in Kearny, New Jersey, and raised on New York City's Upper West Side.[Source]

Family history

He is the son of an Egyptian father and an Irish American mother, and went to school in Harlem.[Source]

Connection with Egypt

His Egyptian heritage comes through his father.[Source]

Organizations

  • LAByrinth Theater CompanyCurrentMember and former co-artistic director[Source]

Education

Recognition

  • Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Between Riverside and Crazy (2015)[Source]
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