Biography

Amy Herzog

Gender
Female
Nationality
American
Show Categories
Play
Genres
Drama, Comedy

Amy Herzog is an American playwright. Her play 4000 Miles, which ran Off-Broadway in 2011, was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Herzog's plays have been produced Off-Broadway, and have received nominations for, among others: the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actor and Actress for After the Revolution; the Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for The Great God Pan; and Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Actress in a Play for Belleville. She was a finalist for the 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Known For

After the Revolution logo

Play

Emma Joseph, a bright, hard-working, recent law school graduate descended from a long line of Marxis...
4000 Miles logo

Play

Ninety-one year old political activist Vera Joseph’s solitary existence is entirely shaken when her...
Belleville logo

Play

Amy Herzog is known for her facility with dialogue, and in her ensemble play Belleville, she uses th...