Stephen Adly Guirgis

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actor director person play playwright screenwriter

Stephen Adly Guirgis is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his gritty, darkly comic dramas exploring urban life, morality, and redemption, including works like "Between Riverside and Crazy" and "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train."

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Between Riverside and Crazy	0
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train	0
Our Lady of 121st Street	0
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot	0
The Motherfucker with the Hat	0

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instanceOf	actor ⓘ director ⓘ person ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
author	Stephen Adly Guirgis self-linksurface differs ⓘ Stephen Adly Guirgis self-linksurface differs ⓘ Stephen Adly Guirgis self-linksurface differs ⓘ Stephen Adly Guirgis self-linksurface differs ⓘ Stephen Adly Guirgis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
ethnicBackground	Egyptian descent ⓘ Irish descent ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	dark comedy ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ drama ⓘ drama ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainTheme	criminal justice system ⓘ faith ⓘ family ⓘ gentrification ⓘ morality ⓘ morality ⓘ redemption ⓘ redemption ⓘ urban life ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	Between Riverside and Crazy ⓘ Den of Thieves ⓘ In Arabia We'd All Be Kings ⓘ Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train ⓘ Little Flower of East Orange ⓘ Our Lady of 121st Street ⓘ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot ⓘ The Motherfucker with the Hat ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ director ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
writingStyle	darkly comic ⓘ gritty ⓘ naturalistic dialogue ⓘ