John Guare

American dramatist whose success came in 1968 when his one-act entitled Muzeeka won an Obie Award. Other works include House of Blue Leaves, a semi-autobiographical play which established his unique vision; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Rich and Famous, The Landscape of the Body, Bosoms and Neglect, and Six Degrees of Separation, which won multiple honors including the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It was made into a film in 1993. Wrote the screenplay for Louis Malle's film Atlantic City, for which he was nominated for an Oscar. His style mixes comic invention with an acute sense of the failure of human relations and aspiration. Founding member of the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, Connecticut and co-editor of the Lincoln Center Theater Review, a magazine he founded in 1988. He is a council member of the Dramatists Guild and teaches at the Yale School of Drama. His new play, A Free Man of Color, opened in November 2010.