LUCAS HNATH
			Lucas Hnath is a screenwriter and playwright. He is a is a two-time winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant for his feature-length screenplays, "The Painting, the Machine, and the Apple" and "Still Life." Currently, Lucas is finishing up work on yet another Sloane commission, this one coming by way of the (EST/SLOANE partnership, for his play ISAAC'S EYE, about Sir Isaac Newton. Lucas' play THE COURTSHIP OF ANNA NICOLE SMITH will be produced by Actor's Theatre of Lousiveille. Other plays include HILLARY AND CLINTON, A SAKE TASTING WITH SEANCE TO FOLLOW, ODILE'S ORDEAL, HARD LOVIN' EVER AFTER, HALOWEEN, MAI, TONGUETIED, THREE ATTEMPTS AT CORRECTIVE EYE SURGERY, BORDER CROSSING: A PLAY IN TRANSLATION and MOTH LIGHT. His translation/adaptation of WOYZECK, written for Active Eye, premiered at the Culture Project. Also in collaboration with Active Eye, Lucas wrote the libretto for SENJO: An Opera in Four Parts, which premiered at the Ontological Theater. For the Obie-winning theatre company Target Margin, he wrote an adaptation of Wagner’s “Siegfried," titled SIGFRIED'S NERVE. Lucas’ work has also been seen in production, workshops, and readings at the Access Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Cleveland Public Theater, Neo-Futurists, and Manhattan Theater Source. He has also enjoyed playwriting residencies with the Royal Court Theatre and the 24Seven Lab. Lucas Hnath was awarded a Screenwriting grant at NYU in 1999 for The Painting, the Machine and the Apple and in 2000 for Still Life