Tarell Alvin McCraney

Tarell Alvin McCraney studied at Yale School of Drama, DePaul University, New World School of the Arts and British American Drama Academy.

He belonged to Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Writers Guild of America, East and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Tarell Alvin McCraney received Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Whiting Awards, MacArthur Fellows Program, Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award and Doris Duke Performing Artist Award.

8 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 2007 to 2008.

Choir Boy. Wig Out. Marcus ; or the the secret of sweet. The brother/sister plays. American Trade. The brothers Size, dated 2007. Wig out!, dated 2008. In the red and brown water, dated 2008.

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tarell Alvin McCraney, Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, 2022. TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY: THE AUTHENTIC SELF, Four Contemporary American Playwrights, 2025. Head of Passes by Tarell Alvin McCraney (review), Theatre Journal, 2014. The Distant Present of Tarell Alvin McCraney, American Quarterly, 2014. We are Gathered by Tarell Alvin McCraney (review), Theatre Journal, 2026. MASCULINIDAD Y PERTENENCIA EN THE BROTHERS SIZE DE TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY, Perífrasis. Revista de Literatura, Teoría y Crítica, 2022.

This heading is established in VIAF (6863636). Those registers additionally record the forms Tarell Alvin McCraney, 1980-, Tarell Alvin McCraney American playwright, Tarell Alvin McCraney acteur américain, Tarell Alvin McCraney, American actor and playwright, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Amerikaans acteur, Tarell Alvin McCraney, amerikansk skådespelare, Tarell Alvin McCraney, actor estadounidense, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Amerikai színész és drámaíró and Tarell Alvin McCraney, actor i guionista estatunidenc.

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Tarell Alvin McCraney studied at Yale School of Drama, DePaul University and New World School of the Arts.

Membership is recorded of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Writers Guild of America, East and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Distinctions recorded are Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Whiting Awards, MacArthur Fellows Program and Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.