Stephen Adly Guirgis
“Last Days” playwright, Stephen Adly Guirgis, is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. After growing up on New York City’s Upper West Side, Guirgis went on to become a member and co-artisitic director of the LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been performed on five different continents and have received countless nominations and awards. They include Our Lady of 121st Street (10 best plays of 2003, Outer Critics Circle Best Play Nominations), Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award, Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for Best New Play), In Arabia, We’d All be Kings (2007 LA Drama Critics Best Play, Best Writing Award), The Motherf***er with the Hat (6 Tony Nominations, including Best Play), and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (10 best Time Magazine & Entertainment Weekly). Guirgis is an alumna of New Dramatists and a member of MCC’s Playwright Coalition. As an actor, he has also appeared in film, television, and theater, and has formerly worked as a violence prevention specialist and H.I.V. educator.