John Glines

John Glines (born October 11, 1933 in Santa Maria, California) is an American playwright and producer.

Playwright and producer

Glines graduated from Yale in 1955 with a BA in drama. [ [http://www.yale.edu/lesbiangay/Pages/Archive/PNB45.html The Pink and the Blue] Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale] As a writer in children’s television, he worked for seven years on Captain Kangaroo and for four years on Sesame Street. [ 1965 through 1971] [ Shows #1316-1445, 1979-80] His play "In The Desert Of My Soul" was anthologized in "Best Short Plays Of 1976". [ John Glines [http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=485 In the Desert of My Soul] Dramatists Play Service] [ Bruce Mason [http://www.soundernews.com/fullstory/EEyEyuEpApXpyplOwD.shtml Hurry, dinner theatre is being served] "Gabriola Sounder", British Columbia Community Newspaper website, October 23, 2006] His musical "Gulp!", written with Stephen Greco and Robin Jones, [ Review from GPU News (Milwaukee), September 1977 [http://www.queermusicheritage.us/gm-gulp.html] ] had a lengthy off-off-Broadway run in 1977.

His plays written for, and originally produced by The Glines, the non-profit organization for gay arts which he co-founded in 1976 with Barry Laine and Jerry Tobin, include "On Tina Tuna Walk" [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006F6CLU On Tina Tuna Walk] Aran Press, 1993] , "In Her Own Words (A Biography of Jane Chambers)", [ Stephen Holden [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=950DE7DB163AF934A2575BC0A96F948260 Review/Theater; Comedy of Self-Acceptance And a Portrait of Its Writer] "The New York Times", August 17, 1989.] "Men Of Manhattan", "Chicken Delight" [ Theater [http://www.nyblade.com/print.cfm?content_id=2282 Fowl Play] "New York Blade", December 10, 2004] [ Martin Denton [http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/archweb/arch2006_05.htm "Chicken Delight"] nytheatre.com website] , "Body And Soul" [Bruckner, D.J.R. (July 10,1991), [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D0CE6D7133AF933A25754C0A967958260http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D0CE6D7133AF933A25754C0A967958260,The Review/Theater Bygone Love's Shocks and Sorrows] "The New York Times". Retrieved, March 4, 2007.] "Murder In Disguise", "Key West", and "Heavenly Days". His last play, "Butterflies And Tigers", based on stories of the Chinese people during the Cultural Revolution, had an extended run in New York City in 1998. [ Marshall Yaeger [http://www.oobr.com/top/volFour/nine/glines.html Lamentations. Butterflies and Tigers] oobr, March 12, 1998.] [Lipfert, David, [http://www.curtainup.com/tiger.html A CurtainUp Review:Butterflies and Tigers] , Curtainup.com. Retrieved February 28, 2007.]

Glines won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award in 1983 as producer of "Torch Song Trilogy". In his acceptance speech for the Tony, he was the first person ever to acknowledge his same-sex lover on a major awards show [ David Mermelstein [http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117941127.html?nav=glaad GLAAD leads, Oscar and Tonys follow] Award Central (Variety.com) website] [ Ron Stokes [http://nymag.com/news/articles/03/03/35th/broadway/index.htm From Hair to Hairspray, A Broadway Timeline] "New York Magazine", web exclusive. ] . He won the Drama Desk Award and a Tony nomination in 1985 as producer of "As Is", and won the Drama Desk Award in 1994 for "Whoop-Dee-Doo!"

Activism

Concurrently with his theatre work, Glines was a founding trustee of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which grew out of Stamp Out AIDS, the non-profit organization he founded in 1985 as a result of his work on "As Is". [ Out in the Mountains [http://www.mountainpridemedia.org/oitm/issues/1987/02feb1987/natl.html National Fundraising Initiated for People with AIDS] February 1987] [ Jeremy Gerard [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED7173EF93AA35755C0A961948260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=print CREATIVE ARTS BEING RESHAPED BY THE EPIDEMIC] "The New York Times", June 9, 1987.]

Glines has been honored by numerous organizations, including the the Empire State Pride Agenda (Artistic Vision Award), Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (Oscar Wilde Award), the Allied Gay and Lesbian Association of Los Angeles, and Off-Off-Broadway Review (Lifetime Achievement Award).

References

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9907E5DA1139F930A25753C1A963948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTheater FROM LYCEUM’S STAGE, A DISCUSSION ON AIDS] "The New York Times", October 13, 1985.
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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00EED91F39F933A05754C0A962948260 THEATER: 'CARLA'S SONG,' A DRAMA ABOUT CHILD ABUSE] Stephen Holden, "The New York Times", July 30, 1984.
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=950DE0D91330F931A15755C0A96F948260 Review/Theater; Arrivederci Papa, Farce In Drag] Stephen Holden, "The New York Times", June 29, 1989.
* [http://www.actorstheatre.org/about_production_4.htm The Demonstration (a scene from Men of Manhattan)] Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1991
* [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/39548.html Glines Hopes NY Audiences Will Start Chasing His "Butteflies"] David Lefkowitz, "Playbill On-Line", 12 June 1998.
* [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/48594.html Adjunct Theatre League Ex-Voters Retain Legal Counsel] "Playbill On-Line", 26 October 1999.
* [http://www.buddybuddy.com/pc-f-08.html Old Plays Are Gold] Francine L. Trevens, "On the Purple Circuit", June 17, 2003.
* [http://www.jvpcmemorialfoundation.org/direct.htm Memorial Foundation for the Arts, Honorary Board Members]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AW72MNMSG8NRT?sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview Reviews Written by John Glines] Amazon.com
* [http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_10.03.02/arts/artsweek.php John Glines Award presented]
* [http://upload.pbase.com/johnglines Personal photo galleries]