Craig Lucas is the author of the plays Stranger, The Dying Gaul, God's Heart, Prelude to a Kiss, Blue Window, Reckless and Missing Persons. His newest play (written with David Schulner) is This Thing of Darkness, which he recently directed in its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company. Also this year, he will direct the world premiere of Harry Kondoleon's Play Yourself at New York Theatre Workshop. As a director, he received a 2001 Obie Award for his premiere production of Kondoleon's Saved or Destroyed.
Lucas is also the author of the original screenplay Longtime Companion and film adaptations of his plays Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless and Blue Window. He wrote the opera libretti to Orpheus in Love and the book for the musical Three Postcards. With Norman René, he created the bookless musical Marry Me a Little: Songs by Stephen Sondheim.
He has received the Distinguished Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Outer Critics Circle, Burns Mantle Best Musical, Dramalogue, Obie, George and Elisabeth Marton, L.A. Drama Critics, GLAAD Media, Sundance Audience and Villager Awards. He has also received a Tony nomination and three Drama Desk nominations, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and is the recipient of Guggenheim, Rockefeller and NEA/TCG fellowships. He is the recipient of new play commissions from South Coast Repertory, Hartford Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Seattle's ACT Theatre. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and PEN.