Gregory Jafari Van Acker
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BIO
GREGORY JAFARI VANACKER: Playwright/Lyricist | Casting Professional. Playwriting developed with Goodspeed Musicals, Musical Theatre Factory, Playwrights Horizons/Signature Theatre’s Live Lounge Series, Fresh Ground Pepper. NOPLACE (original musical written with Montse Olmos and Joel Esher. 2020 Goodspeed Musicals/Johnny Mercer Foundation Grove selection, 2019 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference for New Play Development semifinalist), The Book of You (Durango Arts Center), The Joining Place (https://thejoiningplace.bandcamp.com/releases), Sugar Skull! (national tour, https://www.sugarskullshow.com). 2021 Dr. Kenny Hasija Encouragement Fund for Theatremakers recipient (presented by Ken Davenport). Queer, gender-fluid, MENA, proudly BROWN, and deeply committed to increasing positive representation for historically excluded voices in all avenues of entertainment.
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