Prince Gomolvilas

January 8, 2024
Playwright

Quick Facts

Prince Gomolvilas
Full Name Prince Gomolvilas
Occupation Playwright
Date Of Birth Aug 28, 1972(1972-08-28)
Age 52
Birthplace Indianapolis
Country United States
Birth City Indiana
Horoscope Leo

Prince Gomolvilas Biography

Name Prince Gomolvilas
Birthday Aug 28
Birth Year 1972
Place Of Birth Indianapolis
Home Town Indiana
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Leo

Prince Gomolvilas is one of the most popular and richest Playwright who was born on August 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Prince Gomolvilas, a Thai American playwright, was born August 28, 1972. Many of his plays have been performed in the United States. He also won a PEN Center USA West Literary Award.

Gomolvilas was awarded the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Drama for his play The Theory of Everything (2000). He also received the Julie Harris/Janet/Maxwell Salter Playwright Award by the Beverly Hills Theater Guild and the International Herald Tribune/SRT Playwriting Award.

Gomolvilas also developed at TheatreWorks in the San Francisco Bay Area the short plays Oskar: The Kid That Could (which encourages students to embrace reading and writing), Oskar and the Big Bully Battle (which confronts the issue of bullying), and Oskar and the Last Straw (which tackles issues of self-worth and resiliency). These three plays have been touring elementary schools throughout the Bay Area since 2006. The Alley Theatre in Houston began touring Oskar and the Big Bully Battle in 2014, and has commissioned Gomolvilas to write Oskar and the Curiously Colorful Clash, a play about diversity that will start touring in 2015.

In collaboration with musician Brandon Patton, Gomolvilas wrote Jukebox Stories, in which he also performs in. A self-described “storytelling/song- singing/bingo-playing theatrical extravaganza,” the three, different full- length shows ran in 2006 as Jukebox Stories, in 2008 as Jukebox Stories: The Case of The Creamy Foam and in 2013 as Jukebox Stories: The Secrets of Forking. The initial runs of the shows were at the Impact Theater in Berkeley, California but eventually expanded to a wide array of venues including other theaters, coffee shops, bars, colleges, comedy clubs, music venues and more in Boston, Los Angeles, Middletown (CT), Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Smithfield (RI), and Washington (DC), as well as the National Asian American Theater Festival. The show received strong reviews in the East Bay Express and the San Francisco Chronicle, was also an “Editor’s Pick” in Theatre Bay Area magazine.

Other plays by Gomolvilas include Seat Belts and Big Fat Buddhas (1999), Debunking Love’ (2000) and Boyz of All Nationz – The Rise and Fall of a Multi- Ethnic Boy Band (2002). His comedies often have a supernatural twist.

Prince Gomolvilas Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Playwright
House Living in own house.

Prince Gomolvilas is one of the richest Playwright from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Prince Gomolvilas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gomolvilas started writing plays in 1992 while he was living in San Francisco. His plays include Big Hun o’ Burnin’ Love (1998) and The Theory of Everything (2000). He was awarded the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild/Julie Harris Dramawright Award, International Herald Tribune/SRT playwriting award, and the PEN Centre USA West Literary Award For Drama, Bee (2001). The stage adaptation of Mysterious Skin (2003) is based on Scott Heim’s novel.

He has written short plays such as Cause and Effect on Clement Street, Actors’ Theatre Santa Cruz, 1997, Donut Holes in Orbit, Ensemble Studio Theatre New York City, 1998, Bridges (City Lights Theatre Company San Jose, 2002), The Last Gayorcism, Chunky Mary, Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company San Francisco, 2010, ATM (East West Players Studio Lab Project Los Angeles 2011, and Heteronesia, Impact Theatre, Berkeley, 2014.

To supplement the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, the New Conservatory Theatre Center’s YouthAware Educational Theatre in San Francisco commissioned Prince to research, develop, and write the play Outspoken, which explores the many reasons teenagers feel ostracized and which has been touring to middle schools and high schools throughout Northern and Central California since 2005.

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Who is Prince Gomolvilas Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Prince Ranked on the list of most popular Playwright. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Prince Gomolvilas celebrates birthday on August 28 of every year.

Top Facts about Prince Gomolvilas

  1. Prince Gomolvilas is a Thai American playwright born in 1972.
  2. He has written over a dozen plays and screenplays.
  3. His works explore themes of identity, culture, and sexuality.
  4. Gomolvilas’ play “The Theory of Everything” won the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama in 2004.
  5. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film “Mysterious Skin” (2004).
  6. Gomolvilas was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation grant in 2010.
  7. His play “Big Hunk o’ Burnin’ Love” was produced off-Broadway in 2003.
  8. Gomolvilas has been commissioned by numerous theater companies across the US.
  9. He is also an accomplished essayist and blogger on Asian American issues.
  10. Gomolvilas currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his husband and son.

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