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Career Milestones
2012 | Re-teamed with director Steven Spielberg to write screenplay for "Lincoln" | |
2009 | Wrote "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures" for the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis | |
2006 | Subject of Freida Lee Mock's documentary feature "Wrestling With Angels"; debuted at the Sundance Film Festival | |
2006 | Penned a new translation of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children"; performed at the Delacorte Theater and starred Meryl Streep | |
2005 | Penned the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's "Munich," which centered on the aftermath of the tragic massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic games; earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Screenplay | |
2002 | Adapted his play "Angels in America" into HBO miniseries directed by Mike Nichols | |
2002 | Directed "Helen" at the Public Theatre | |
2001 | Premiered "Homebody/Kabul" at New York Theatre Workshop | |
1999 | Provided commentary for Ric Burns' epic "New York" (PBS) | |
1998 | Contributed one-act play to the omnibus evening "Love's Fire"; produced at NYC's Public Theatre | |
1997 | Asked by actress Kika Markham to create a monologue for her, which became "Homebody" | |
1995 | Penned adaptation of "The Dybbuk"; produced at Hartford Stage; also produced at NYC's Public Theatre in 1997 | |
1994 | Penned "Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness" for the New York Theatre Workshop | |
1994 | Adapted Brecht's "Good Person of Setzuan" from Wendy Arons' translation; produced at La Jolla Playhouse | |
1993 | Debuted "Angels in America" on Broadway; aired in two parts, "Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika" | |
1992 | Breakthrough stage work, the award-winning "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes"; first staged at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco | |
1991 | Penned the play "A Bright Room Called Day," which was staged at NYC's Public Theatre | |
1991 | Collaborated with Ariel Dorfman on adapting Dorfman's play "Widows" for American audiences; produced in Los Angeles, CA | |
1989 | Adapted Corneille's "The Illusion" for the stage; produced in NYC and at Hartford Stage in 1990 | |
1987 | Wrote "Hydriotaphia, or The Death of Dr. Browne"; remained unstaged until 1998 when it was co-produced by the Alley Theatre in Texas and the Berkeley Repertory Company in California | |
1987 | Play "A Bright Room Called Day" premiered in San Francisco, CA | |
1987 | Adapted "Stella," from the play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; produced in New York City | |
1985 | First professional production as a playwright, "Yes Yes No No: The Solace-of-Solstice, Apogee/Perigee, Bestial/Celestial Holiday Show" at the Imaginary Theatre Company in St. Louis, MO | |
1979 | Worked as a switchboard operator at the United Nations Plaza Hotel | |
| Moved to New York City to attend college | ||
Awards
2005 | Academy Award for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) in Munich |
2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special in Angels in America |
1994 | Tony Award for Play |
1993 | Tony Award for Play |