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Terrence McNally
Librettist

Biography
Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter.

Described as "the bard of American theater" and "one of the greatest contemporary playwrights the theater world has yet produced," McNally was the recipient of five Tony Awards.[3] He won the Tony Award for Best Play for Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class and the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime, and received the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1996, and he also received the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 and the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the highest recognition of artistic merit in the United States. His other accolades included an Emmy Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, four Drama Desk Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Obie Awards, and three Hull-Warriner Awards.

His career spanned six decades, and his plays, musicals, and operas were routinely performed all over the world. He also wrote screenplays, teleplays, and a memoir. Active in the regional and off-Broadway theatre movements as well as on Broadway, he was one of the few playwrights of his generation to have successfully passed from the avant-garde to mainstream acclaim. His work centered on the difficulties of and urgent need for human connection. He was vice-president of the Council of the Dramatists Guild from 1981 to 2001.

He died of complications from COVID-19 on March 24, 2020, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida.

OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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GRANT NAMEYEAR
The Opera Fund: Audience Development 2017
The Opera Fund: Repertoire Development2013
The Opera Fund: Audience Development 2012
The Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase 2011
The Next Stage2001
The Next Stage1999


Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Toledo OperaRagtime4/19/2024 - 4/21/2024
Metropolitan OperaDead Man Walking9/26/2023 - 10/21/2023
Union Avenue OperaRagtime8/18/2023 - 8/26/2023
Opera IdahoDead Man Walking4/22/2022 - 4/24/2022
Piedmont OperaRagtime3/18/2022 - 3/22/2022
Festival OperaAt the Statue of Venus8/13/2021 - 8/15/2021
Lyric Opera of ChicagoDead Man Walking11/2/2019 - 11/22/2019
OperaDelawareDead Man Walking4/27/2019 - 5/4/2018
Atlanta OperaDead Man Walking2/2/2019 - 2/10/2019
Tri-Cities OperaMaster Class2/17/2018 - 2/25/2018
Opera ParallèleAt the Statue of Venus2/14/2018 - 2/18/2018
Minnesota OperaDead Man Walking1/27/2018 - 2/3/2018
Kentucky OperaDead Man Walking10/27/2017 - 10/29/2017
Opera on the AvalonDead Man Walking6/16/2017 - 6/17/2017
Vancouver OperaDead Man Walking4/29/2017 - 5/7/2017
Pensacola OperaDead Man Walking3/17/2017 - 3/19/2017
Lyric Opera of Kansas CityDead Man Walking3/4/2017 - 3/12/2017
Washington National OperaDead Man Walking2/25/2017 - 3/11/2017
Fresno Grand OperaDead Man Walking5/7/2016 - 5/7/2016
San Diego Opera AssociationGreat Scott5/7/2016 - 5/15/2016
Opera ModestoDead Man Walking4/29/2016 - 5/1/2016
New Orleans Opera AssociationDead Man Walking3/4/2016 - 4/23/2016
Dallas OperaGreat Scott10/30/2015 - 11/15/2015
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Dead Man Walking2/27/2015 - 3/1/2015
Opera ParallèleDead Man Walking2/20/2015 - 3/8/2015
Central City OperaDead Man Walking7/7/2014 - 7/25/2014
Des Moines Metro OperaDead Man Walking6/6/2014 - 7/19/2014
Madison OperaDead Man Walking4/4/2014 - 4/27/2014
Eugene OperaDead Man Walking5/15/2013 - 5/17/2013
Opéra de MontréalDead Man Walking3/3/2013 - 3/16/2013
Tulsa OperaDead Man Walking3/4/2012 - 3/4/2012
Houston Grand OperaDead Man Walking1/1/2011 - 2/6/2011
Fort Worth OperaDead Man Walking5/5/2009 - 5/10/2009
New York City OperaRagtime4/4/2008 - 4/19/2008
Baltimore Opera CompanyDead Man Walking3/1/2006 - 3/19/2006
Calgary Opera AssociationDead Man Walking1/1/2006 - 2/1/2006
Pittsburgh OperaDead Man Walking6/1/2004 - 6/13/2004
Opera ModestoRagtime2/1/2004 - 2/22/2004
State Opera of South AustraliaDead Man Walking8/8/2003 - 8/26/2003
Detroit OperaDead Man Walking6/6/2003 - 6/15/2003
Austin OperaDead Man Walking1/1/2003 - 1/18/2003
New York City OperaDead Man Walking9/9/2002 - 9/28/2002
Cincinnati OperaDead Man Walking7/7/2002 - 7/19/2002
Opera PacificDead Man Walking4/4/2002 - 4/21/2002
San Francisco OperaDead Man Walking10/10/2000 - 10/27/2000
New York City OperaCentral Park11/11/1999 - 11/20/1999
New York City OperaThe Food of Love11/11/1999 - 11/20/1999
Glimmerglass FestivalCentral Park7/7/1999 - 8/21/1999
Glimmerglass FestivalThe Food of Love7/7/1999 - 8/21/1999


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