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will arbery | playwright & filmmaker

BIO

Will Arbery is a playwright, TV/film writer, and filmmaker from Texas + Wyoming + seven sisters.

PlaysCorsicana (Playwrights Horizons) // Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons) // Plano (Clubbed Thumb) //  Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (The New Group 2022New Neighborhood 2018) // Wheelchair (3 Hole Press) // You Hateful Things (development at The Public, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and NYTW Dartmouth Residency). He's currently under commission from Audible, MTC, and Playwrights Horizons

TV/Film: Writer and Co-Producer on "Succession" (HBO). Supervising Producer on "Irma Vep" (HBO). Currently developing a TV project with Fifth Season and Boku Films. Previous TV development with A24/HBO, Littlefield Co./Hulu. Film projects with BBC Films/A24, Tango/Animal Kingdom, and Sight Unseen. 

Awards: Pulitzer Prize Finalist (Heroes of the Fourth Turning), Whiting Award for DramaObie Award for Playwriting (Heroes of the Fourth Turning), New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play (Heroes of the Fourth Turning), Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play (Heroes of the Fourth Turning), Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Playwriting Award (Heroes of the Fourth Turning), Tow Foundation GrantEdes Prize for Emerging Artists, and Stage Raw Award for Best Playwriting (The Mongoose). 

Member/alum: New DramatistsP73's I-73EST/Youngblood, The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm, Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writers Group, Colt Coeur.

Features/interviews/podcasts: The New York Times Magazine (feature by Chloe Cooper Jones), The New York Times (for Corsicana), The New York Times (for Heroes 1), The New York Times (for Heroes 2), The Paris Review (for Corsicana), The Paris Review (for Whiting Award), The Paris Review (for Plano), BOMB MagazineVox, PoliticoAmerican Theatre, Brooklyn Rail, NPR, Vanity FairOn Point, Upstage Left, Know Your Enemy, MUSEUMThe SubtextAmerica Magazine, HowlRound, Dallas Morning News, Texas MonthlyWyoming Public Media, The Brian Lehrer Show, Patheos, JesuiticalThe Antenna Method, and The Wicked Stage. While in grad school, he was named one of Variety’s “110 Students to Watch.”

Dance workSteppenwolf, Pioneer Works, The Watermill Center, and MCA Chicago, Featured on Desus & Mero and Creators Project

Education: ​​MFA in Writing for the Screen + Stage from Northwestern University. BA in English & Drama from Kenyon College.

AGENTS | CAA

Theater: John MacGregor | john.macgregor@caa.com

Film: Sue Carls | sue.carls@caa.com

TV: Angela Dallas | angela.dallas@caa.com

MANAGEMENT | Range Media Partners

Manager: Eva Dickerman | edickerman@rangemp.com

EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING (2022) - The New Group

Directed by Danya Taymor. Starring Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Jeb Kreager, Ken Leung, and Rachel Sachnoff. Set by Matt Saunders. Lights by Isabella Byrd. Sound by Evan Cook and Mikaal Sulaiman. Costumes by Sarafina Bush. Vocal and Text Coaching by Gigi Buffington. Associate direction by Joan Sergay. Stage Management by Rachel April. Choreography by Tilly Evans-Kreuger. Song "Knock" by Elise Kibler. Photos by Monique Carboni.

CORSICANA (2022) - Playwrights Horizons

Directed by Sam Gold. Starring Jamie Brewer, Will Dagger, Deirdre O'Connell, and Harold Surratt. Set by Laura Jellinek and Cate McCrea. Lights by Isabella Byrd. Sound by Justin Ellington. Costumes by Qween Jean. Music Composed by Joanna Sternberg. Music Directed by Ilene Reid. Vocal and Text Coaching by Gigi Buffington. Photos by Julieta Cervantes.

HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING (2019) - Playwrights Horizons

Directed by Danya Taymor. Starring Jeb Kreager, Julie McDermott, Michele Pawk, Zoe Winters, and John Zdrojeski. Set by Laura Jellinek. Lights by Isabella Byrd. Sound by Justin Ellington. Costumes by Sarafina Bush. Photos by Sara Krulwich.

PLANO (2018) - Clubbed Thumb Summerworks

Directed by Taylor Reynolds. Starring Brendan Dalton, Crystal Finn, Susannah Flood, Ryan King, Cesar J Rosado, Mary Shultz, and Miriam Silverman. Set by Daniel Zimmerman. Lights by Isabella Byrd. Costumes by Stephanie Levin. Photos by Elke Young.

EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING (2018) - New Neighborhood

Directed by Dustin Wills. Starring Justin Kirk, Keira Naughton, Howard Overshown, and Rachel Sachnoff. Set by Jean Kim. Lights by Masha Tsimring. Projections by Nick Hussong. Costumes by Seth Bodie. Photos by Joey Moro.

FILMMAKING REEL

FOR THE TOWARD

Dance performance with Matty Davis. Co-choreographed by Kora Radella. Performances at Pioneer Works, MCA Chicago, and site-specifically in Brooklyn, Miami, and Chicago.