PLAYWRITING
RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
- Semi-finalist for Synecdoche Works' Frank Moffet Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language
“Overwhelming accomplishment in finding modern resonance in the story. It feels relevant, theatrical and very producible. Honestly, I was blown away.”
- Joseph Hanreddy (former Artistic Director Milwaukee Repertory Theatre)
- Joseph Hanreddy (former Artistic Director Milwaukee Repertory Theatre)
“The 1798 Poem That Was Made for the 2020s - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is taking on new meaning during the coronavirus pandemic.”
- The Atlantic “The ‘Rime’ is so harrowing and prescient that one might suspect choosing it specifically for the audience of the 2020 pandemic.”
- The New Yorker “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the archetypal journey and it’s the dream-poem of right now.”
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Grant's adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic and beloved poem THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER has had several readings and workshops and is a semi-finalist for the Frank Moffet Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language in New York City. A play with music, the adaptation is a dramatic expansion of Coleridge's haunting and enduring masterpiece. Full of rough magic, the classic tale springs to life onstage with live musicians and cunning theatricality and throws a timely and sharp focus on the ecological crisis as well as the isolation of the Covid19 pandemic. For more information, including production/workshop interest email: [email protected]
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THE FORGERIES OF JEALOUSY
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Grant's forthcoming play THE FORGERIES OF JEALOUSY will have its first reading in the August of 2024 in New York. Based on the unlikely true story of William Henry Ireland who, in 1796 at the age of 19, perpetrated the biggest Shakespearean hoax in history. Set in the regency, the play deals with themes of identity, sexuality and the prejudices of art and acceptance. |
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"Loved it! What a great, and completely unknown event beautifully told.
...the trappings of 18th century theater and Theatre Royal are a joy to revisit!"
-Joseph Hanreddy, Former Artistic Director Milwaukee Rep
...the trappings of 18th century theater and Theatre Royal are a joy to revisit!"
-Joseph Hanreddy, Former Artistic Director Milwaukee Rep
AMERICAN CYCLONE
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Along with award-winning actor Mikel Sapp, Grant has been developing the upcoming AMERICAN CYCLONE - which will have its first reading and workshop in July of 2024 in Minneapolis.
This exciting new play tells the under told story of Marshall "Major" Taylor - the first black world champion in any sport - and his meteoric rise to fame as a professional cyclist. |
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THESE GUILDED MONUMENTS
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THESE GUILDED MONUMENTS, Grant's first play, about Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth and their one and only performance together in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, takes place in New York on November 25, 1864. Of course little did anyone know that less than five months later John Wilkes Booth would become one the most infamous names in American history. |
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