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Born | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | March 7, 1945
Occupation | Playwrighter, author, poet, educator |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Experimental |
John McDowell Wellman (born March 7, 1945), is an American playwrighter, author, and poet.[1] He is best known for his experimental work in the theater which rebels against theatrical conventions, often abandoning such traditional elements as plot and character altogether.[2] In 1990, he received an Obie Award for Best New American Play (for Bad Penny, Terminal Hip, and Crowbar). In 1991, he received another Obie Award for Sincerity Forever. He has received a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers Award, and the 2003 Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2003).