Greg Pierotti

Greg Pierotti is co-author of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later. He is associate writer of The Laramie Project (2001 New York Drama Desk and Lortel Award nominee), and co-writer of The Laramie Project teleplay for HBO (2002 Emmy nominee). He is head writer of The People’s Temple (2005 Glickman Award). His short story “‘lude” has been anthologized in Men to Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction. As an actor he has performed in new and classical work in New York and regionally. He originated roles in the world premieres of The Laramie Project, The People’s Temple and Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. He teaches English, Writing and Performance in colleges and MFA programs around the country. He is one of five master teachers of moment work, a technique for writing and developing performance developed by Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project. He is currently developing two pieces: Mineshaft, a screenplay  about the infamous queer sex club of the same name, and Mr. Apology, a play based on transcribed confessions of criminals and wrongdoers of all stripes collected by the artist Allan Bridge in New York during the 1980s. He has been a member of Tectonic Theater Project for over 14 years.