Greg Kotis

Greg Kotis is a New York-based playwright, who specializes in dark, disturbing comedies with socially relevant themes.

Biography

Earlier career

Kotis studied political science at the University of Chicago. He dropped out when he took a course on the Short Comic Scene, realizing that he wanted to be part of the theatre industry instead. Kotis started working with (and became a member of) the Cardiff Giant Theatre Company and the Neo-Futurists. In 1995 he and his wife, writer and actor Ayun Halliday, moved to New York. They worked day jobs, and then quit them when theatre work came along. They remained in fringe theatre until he started work on Urinetown.

Urinetown

He is best known for writing the book and co-writing the lyrics of Urinetown the Musical. He got the idea for Urinetown the Musical when, on an ill-budgeted visit to Paris in 1995, he had to limit his trips to the pay toilets that are ubiquitous in that city.^[1] Urinetown the Musical received ten Tony Award nominations: Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, two nominations for Best Actress in a Musical (Nancy Opel and Jennifer Laura Thompson), Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Orchestration. Urinetown has been performed around the world and in hundreds of American cities.

Other

His most recently produced play is Pig Farm, which premiered at The Roundabout Theatre in New York City in June 2006.^[2]^[3]

He has appeared on stage with and written for the Neo-Futurists and Cardiff-Giant. He holds a degree in political science from the University of Chicago where he was a member of Off-Off Campus. He and Halliday have two children, India and Milo.

References

↑ Fisher, Philip."Greg Kotis Interview", britishtheatreguide.info, date unknown, accessed February 3, 2010
↑ Hernandez, Ernio.New Kotis Comedy Pig Farm Nabs Tony Winners and Marshall-Green to Star", playbill.com, December 20, 2005
↑ Gross, Christofer."Theater Review: Greg Kotis' Pig Farm - South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California", blogcritics.org, January 25, 2007

External links

Tony Award for Best Original Score (2001–2025)

The Producers by Mel Brooks (2001) Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (2002) Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (2003) Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (2004) The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel (2005) The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006) Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (2007) In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2008) Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2009) Memphis by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro (2010) The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011) Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman (2012) Kinky Boots by Cyndi Lauper (2013) The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown (2014) Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron (2015) Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)

Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (2001–2025)

The Producers by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (2001) Urinetown by Greg Kotis (2002) Hairspray by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell (2003) Avenue Q by Jeff Whitty (2004) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin (2005) The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin and Don McKellar (2006) Spring Awakening by Steven Sater (2007) Passing Strange by Stew (2008) Billy Elliot the Musical by Lee Hall (2009) Memphis by Joe DiPietro (2010) The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011) Once by Enda Walsh (2012) Matilda the Musical by Dennis Kelly (2013) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L. Freedman (2014) Fun Home by Lisa Kron (2015) Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)

Complete list (1950–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

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