Mac Wellman

Mac Wellman
Born (1945-03-07) March 7, 1945 (age 79)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
OccupationPlaywrighter, author, poet, educator
NationalityAmerican
GenreExperimental

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).

  1. ^ Mac Wellman papers, 1959–1999. New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts.
  2. ^ Harnetiaux, Trish (October 3, 2011). "Mac Wellman Explains, Or Doesn't Explain, What Is Near And What Is Far". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved August 1, 2012.