Richard Greenberg

(Bio as of January 2026)

Richard Greenberg (Adaptation) is the Tony Award-winning author of Take Me Out (Drama Desk Award, NY Drama Critics Circle Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Tony Award for Best Play), which moved to Broadway after successful runs at The Public Theater in New York City and The Donmar in London. Greenberg’s play The Assembled Parties, which received three Tony Award nominations including for Best Play, was revived by London’s Hampstead Theatre this fall. Other works include The Violet Hour, The Dazzle (Outer Critics Circle Award; John Gassner,Lucille Lortel nominations), Everett Beekin, Three Days Of Rain (L.A. DramaCritics Award; Pulitzer finalist; Olivier, Drama Desk, Hull-Warriner nominations), Hurrah at Last, Night and Her Stars, The American Plan, Life Underwater and The Author’s Voice, among many other plays. His adaptation of Strindberg’s Dance of Death was seen on Broadway starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren. Greenberg received the Oppenheimer Award for a new playwright as well as the first PEN/Laura Pels Award for a playwright in mid-career. After a decades-long career and writing over 30 produced plays, Greenberg passed away due to cancer last year.