Tarell Alvin McCraney

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American playwright

United States WritersBorn 1980 · age 45

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Tarell Alvin McCraney is an American playwright. He is the chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble.

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A reading at Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, Washington, co-presented with the Seattle Repertory Theatre, in association with Seattle Rep's staging of The Breach, a play based on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. At right, New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, author of 1 Dead in Attic. To his right are Tarell Alvin McCraney, Catherine Filloux, and Joe Sutton, co-authors of The Breach.

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2017Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

2013MacArthur Fellows Program

2008Paula Vogel Playwriting Award

2007Whiting Awards

PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award

Doris Duke Performing Artist Award

Connected to Tarell 6

Dede GardnerAlso in Moonlight (2016)

Michelle AngAlso in High Flying Bird (2019)

Skylan BrooksAlso in Three Colors: Pan-African (2026)

Arlen EscarpetaAlso in The Newlyweds: Blood at the Altar (2025)

Adele RomanskiAlso in Moonlight (2016)

Skip BaylessAlso in High Flying Bird (2019)

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