Gaye Taylor Upchurch

Gaye Taylor Upchurch

Playwright

Playwrights debut. GT is a freelance director with a background in dance. She has directed several world premieres including Clare Lizzimore's Animal (Atlantic Theater & Studio Theatre); Lauren Gunderson’s Half-Life of Marie Curie (Audible at Minetta Lane); Anna Ziegler's The Last Match (Old Globe); Melissa Ross's Of Good Stock (South Coast Rep); Laura Marks's Bethany (Women's Project). Other Off-Broadway: Simon Stephens's Harper Regan and Bluebird (Atlantic); Lucy Thurber's Stay (Rattlestick). Regional work includes: Member of the Wedding (Williamstown); Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: An Iliad (toured to West Point) and As You Like It (International Falstaff Award for Best Production, toured to The Folger in DC). GT has developed new work at NY Stage & Film, NYTW, The Vineyard, EST, P73, New Dramatists, and Space on Ryder Farm and is a Drama League alum and a graduate of University of NC School of the Arts.

Appears in
Wish You Were Here