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Willy Holtzman (born 1951) is an American playwright and screenwriter, often focusing on theatrical representations of actual historical events. Holtzman has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations, a Humanitas Prize, a Writers Guild Award, a Peabody Award, as well as an HBO Award at the National Playwrights Conference.
Willy Holtzman’s plays include The First Mrs. Rochester (Portland Stage Company), Honor Flight (PlayPenn), G.O.B. (PlayPenn), The Morini Strad (City Theatre, ATCA Steinberg Best New American Play Award nominee, had its New York debut at Primary Stages in March 2012); Something You Did (Primary Stages, People’s Light & Theatre, Theatre J ...
Willy Holtzman is a playwright and screenwriter who has won several awards and honors for his works. He has written plays such as The Morini Strad, Heart, and Honor Flight, and films such as Edge of America and Blood Brothers.
Willy Holtzman Bio – Play Penn. Board Vice President. Mr. Holtzman‘s plays include Trauma Queen, Smart Blonde, Honor Flight, The First Mrs. Rochester, The Morini Strad, Sabina, Something You Did, Bovver Boys, Hearts (Barrymore Award winner), The Real McGonagall, The Closer, Inside Out, and San Antonio Sunset.
“Holtzman’s eloquent writing explores and reveals what it means to create art and what it means to be a celebrity.” – Pittsburgh Magazine “Heartfelt drama!” – The New York Times
Holtzman wrote and executive produced the independent film Edge of America (2004 Sundance Film Festival Opening Night selection, Tribeca Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival, American Indian Film Festival - Best Picture) for which he received the Peabody Award, the Humanitas Prize and the Writers Guild Award.
Apr 2, 2008 · Willy Holtzman’s “Something You Did” is a sincere, talk-heavy play about the divisions in American culture and politics dating to the 1960s.
