Jackie Sibblies Drury
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Brown University (MFA)
Jackie Sibblies Drury | |
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.jpg) Drury in 2018 | |
| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Playwright, writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Brown University (MFA) |
| Genre | Theatre, drama |
Jackie Sibblies Drury is an American playwright.[1] The New York Times called Drury's 2012 play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 "her breakout work".[1][2][3] Her subsequent works include Social Creatures (2013) and Fairview (2018); for the latter, Drury received the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Jackie Sibblies Drury was raised by her Jamaican immigrant mother and grandmother in Plainfield, New Jersey. Drury's mother enrolled her at a private school in New Jersey where she witnessed the persistence of "segregation even in a harmonious community."[4]
Drury attended Yale University, where she majored in literature.[5] She received her MFA in playwriting from Brown University in 2010.[4]
Works
Full-length plays
- We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 (2012)
- Social Creatures (2013)
- Really (2016)
- Fairview (2018)
- Marys Seacole (2019)
- Illinoise (2023) - with Justin Peck & Sufjan Stevens
