WRITER/COMPOSER RESUME

Granville Wyche Burgess is author of the teleplay for "Trifles," the pilot episode of the new AMERICAN VOICES television series co-produced with WMHT-TV in Albany, "The Turtle Stone" on NJN-TV, an episode for "Tales From The Darkside" (co-written with Allen Coulter), and installments as staff writer for the soap opera "Capitol." His plays include "The Freak," "Dusky Sally," and "Play It As It Lies," as well as the book for the musical "Conrack" (Ford's Theatre) and book/music/lyric for "Listen To The Land"(Irongate Theatre, Philadelphia). His writings for children include the Bicentennial Trilogy of musicals performed on The Mall in Washington, DC. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including an EMMY nomination and grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

AWARDS

• EMMY nomination for Outstanding Achievement/TV Serial for the soap opera CAPITOL.
• Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship.
• Winner, Center for Southern Studies Playwriting Competition
• Runner-up, Children's Theatre of Palo Alto New Play Contest

GRANTS

• The National Endowment for the Humanities
• Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Five-County Arts Fund
• The Ethel Sargent Smith Foundation
• The Snowden Foundation
• The Redskin Foundation
• International Humanities, Inc.
• The United States Department of the Interior
• Youth Friends' Association

Former President George Bush congratulates the author
on the success of his musical, "Conrack," which he and
his wife attended at Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC.