Marcus Gardley

Biography

Marcus Gardley (born 1977) is an African American poet, playwright, TV writer, and screenwriter from West Oakland, California. He is currently the co-chair of playwriting at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University. Gardley is among a new group of young African-American playwrights who have come to prominence during the "Age of Obama." He has cited the Harlem art scene as influential to his work, with James Baldwin as a primary inspiration.

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