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Greg Pierce
Librettist

Biography
Greg writes plays, fiction, and lyrics. He grew up in Shelburne, Vermont and now lives in New York City. His play Slowgirl was the inaugural play of Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater (LCT3). It was subsequently produced by Steppenwolf Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse, among others. It is published by Dramatists Play Service. The Landing, a musical written with composer John Kander, premiered at the Vineyard Theatre in NYC. His second musical with John Kander, Kid Victory, will be co-produced by Signature Theatre in VA and the Vineyard Theatre. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, co-written with director Stephen Earnhart, based on the novel by Haruki Murakami, premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival, and went on to play the Singapore Arts Festival. The Quarry, with music by Greg's brother Randal Pierce was commissioned and produced by Vermont Stage Company.

Greg has received fellowships from the Edward F. Albee Foundation, Yaddo, The Djerassi Institute, the New York Public Library, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center. He currently holds commissions from Lincoln Center Theater, Second Stage Theatre, and Manhattan Theatre Club/Sloan Foundation. His work has been produced/developed with Naked Angels, The New Group, The Public Theater's Under the Radar festival, Asia Society, the Rattlestick Theater, 3-Legged Dog, New York Theatre Workshop, and Out North/Anchorage. He and composer Gregory Spears and director Kevin Newbury are developing an opera based on Thomas Mallon's novel Fellow Travelers with Cincinnati Opera. Greg's stories have appeared in literary magazines such as New England Review, Avery, Berkeley Fiction Review, Confrontation, and Conjunctions. For years, he wrote and performed with a theater group called The Bad Astronauts. His verses to accompany Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals (written with Brian Hargrove) were performed at the Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic. He has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild. He plays ping-pong.

OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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GRANT NAMEYEAR
The Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase 2022
The Opera Fund: Repertoire Development2016
New Works Forum Showcase 2015


Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Opera ParallèleFellow Travelers6/21/2024 - 6/23/2024
Metropolitan OperaThe Hours5/5/2024 - 5/31/2024
University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of MusicFellow Travelers3/30/2023 - 4/2/2023
Virginia OperaFellow Travelers1/27/2023 - 2/12/2023
Metropolitan OperaThe Hours11/22/2022 - 12/15/2022
Seagle FestivalFellow Travelers8/3/2022 - 8/6/2022
Florida Grand OperaFellow Travelers4/23/2022 - 4/28/2022
Opera ColumbusFellow Travelers2/25/2022 - 2/27/2022
Des Moines Metro OperaFellow Travelers7/17/2021 - 7/17/2021
Madison OperaFellow Travelers2/7/2020 - 2/9/2020
Boston Lyric OperaFellow Travelers11/13/2019 - 11/17/2019
Arizona OperaFellow Travelers11/8/2019 - 11/17/2019
Minnesota OperaFellow Travelers6/16/2018 - 6/23/2018
Lyric Opera of ChicagoFellow Travelers3/17/2018 - 3/25/2018
HEREFellow Travelers1/12/2018 - 1/14/2018
Cincinnati OperaFellow Travelers6/17/2016 - 7/10/2016


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