About Terrence McNally

Born in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1939 and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, Terrence McNally is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Columbia University. McNally’s first important play, And Things That Go Bump in the Night, premiered at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1964; it opened on Broadway the following year. Other Broadway credits include Noon, Bad Habits, The Ritz, which was later adapted for film, and the 1984 musical The Rink, with a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Off Broadway productions include Sweet Eros and Witness, Next, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? and Whiskey. The 5:48 and the recent Mama Malone were written for television. McNally has received two Guggenheim fellowships, an Obie award and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Currently Vice President of the Dramatists Guild, he is a former winner of its Hull-Warriner Award.