Lanford Wilson
American playwright and co-founder of Circle Repertory Company, Wilson pioneered an intimate, naturalistic drama centered on outsiders and misfits. Talley's Folly won the Pulitzer Prize. His plays often take place in specific communities—the Ozarks, a Baltimore rooming house—with the texture of lived experience.
Works
- Talley's FollyRomantic comedy of aging man in glowing pond proposing marriage decades later
- The Hot l BaltimoreEnsemble drama set in seedy Baltimore hotel amid urban decay and human connection
- Fifth of JulyMemorial gathering of Vietnam veteran and former lovers confronting time and mortality
- Burn ThisDrama exploring artistic passion and creative dissolution amid love and abandonment
- Balm in GileadLate-night play set in dangerous inner-city diner portraying urban desperation
- The Fifth of JulyMemorial gathering of Vietnam veteran and former lovers confronting time and mortality
- Hot l BaltimoreEnsemble drama set in seedy Baltimore hotel amid urban decay and human connection
- Lemon SkyPortrait of confused young man during summer visit reveals family secrets and violence