Marcus Gardley

**Marcus Gardley** (amuru 1977/1978)  bu onye America na-ede uri, onye ode akwukwo na onye ode akwukwo si West Oakland, California . Ọ bụ onye na-eme egwuregwu na-eme egwuregwu na Victory Gardens Theatre na Chicago na onye osote prọfesọ nke Ụlọ ihe nkiri na Ọmụmụ Ihe Omume na Mahadum Brown .  

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
Gardley mụrụ ma zụlite na Oakland, California. Nwa onye nọọsụ na onye ozi, ọ kọwara na-etolite n'ụlọ nke akwụkwọ gbara ya gburugburu, n'ikpeazụ na-eduga ya n'ụzọ agụmakwụkwọ ya, na mbụ na-achọ ịghọ onye na-ahụ maka ọrịa anesthesiologist.  Gardley buru ụzọ mụọ ma dee uri na San Francisco State University (SFSU), ọ bụ ezie na ndị prọfesọ uri ya gwara ya na uri ya na-agụ dị ka egwuregwu. Na mbụ n'achọghị ịnakwere nke a, Gardley mesịrị bịarute iji kweta na uri ya na-ejikọtakarị akụkụ nke onye na-ede egwuregwu. Banyere oge a, Gardley mechara cheta, sị: "Oh, nke a bụ ebe m nọ. Ọ naghị amasị m ikwu okwu ọrụ m, ọ na-amasị m ịnụ ọrụ m. Ihe na-amasị m banyere ihe nkiri bụ dị ka òtù egwú. E nwere ụda ndị a dị iche iche si dị iche iche. ndị mmadụ. M na-eche banyere egwuregwu m dị ka ihe mejupụtara n'ụzọ."  Gardley nwetara SFSU African American Student of External Achievement Award maka 2000 – 1 wee gụchaa na BFA ya Ọ gara n'ihu nweta MFA ya na edemede egwuregwu site na Yale School of Drama na 2004. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Gardley malitere ịkụzi ihe okike na Mahadum Columbia. 

## Ọrụ
Gardley so na otu ọhụrụ ndị na-eto eto na-eme egwuregwu n'Africa-America bụ ndị bịara bụrụ ndị a ma ama n'oge "Age of Obama". A na-ewere ndị na-ede egwuregwu a na-apụta dị ka ndị na-ese oji mechaa .  O kwupụtala ihe ngosi nka Harlem ka ọ na-emetụta ọrụ ya, yana James Baldwin dịka mkpali mbụ. 

Egwuregwu ya *Ụlọ nke Na-agaghị eguzo,* nke sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ Federico García Lorca's *The House of Bernarda Alba*, nwere mmalite ụwa ya na Berkeley Repertory Theatre na January 2014.  Egwuregwu ahụ gbadoro ụkwụ na nwanyị Creole ojii bụ onye di ya nwụrụ n'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ga-alụ ọgụ maka mfu nke ụlọ ya na-abịanụ na ohere nke ịlụ nwoke ọcha bara ọgaranya na 1830s New Orleans; ọrụ ahụ na-eji ọchị ọchị na nke stylized melodrama na-akọ akụkọ gbasara mmekọahụ na agbụrụ ụmụ nwanyị.  E mechara mee ya na London na Tricycle Theatre, yana ihe ngosi Off-Broadway na New York Theatre Workshop na July 2018.  

Na 2013 Gardley malitere okwu afọ atọ dị ka onye na-egwu egwuregwu na ebe obibi na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Victory Gardens, site na National Playwright Residency Program, nke Andrew W. Mellon Foundation kwadoro na HowlRound na-elekọta.  Emegharịrị ya na 2016 maka afọ atọ ọzọ. 

Na 2017, egwuregwu ya *black odyssey*, nke Denver Center Theater Company nyere ya ọrụ ebe ọ malitere na 2014, ka edegharịrị maka mmepụta na California Shakespeare Theatre . Mmepụta nke abụọ a tọgharịa egwuregwu ahụ na Oakland wee tinye akara ọhụrụ nke Linda Tillery na Molly Holm. Ọ nwetara nhọpụta 11 na ihe nrite asaa Theater Bay Area Awards,  gụnyere: Mmepụta pụtara ìhè, mkpokọta pụrụ iche, onye na-eme ihe nkiri pụrụ iche (Aldo Billingslea), Onye na-eme ihe nkiri nwanyị pụtara ìhè (Margo Hall), Ngosipụta pụtara ìhè (Eric Ting), Nhazi Ejiji pụtara ìhè (Dede). Ayite), na ihe nturu ugo Creative Specialties nyere Marcus Gardley maka mmegharị ya nke Homer 's *Odyssey* .

Na 2013, Gardley nyere obere egwuregwu na New Black Fest dị ka akụkụ nke ọrụ mmekọ ọnụ nke akpọrọ *Facing Eziokwu Anyị: Egwuregwu 10-Minute na Trayvon, Race and Privilege,* premiering na New York City *.* Mpempe akwụkwọ Gardley, akpọrọ *No More Monsters Ebe a*, na-egosi onye isi mgbaka ojii nke na-akọwa na nwanyị ọcha na-ebi ndụ dị ka onye ojii ụbọchị atọ dị ka ọgwụgwọ maka "negroidphobia" ya. 

Na mgbakwunye na ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-ede egwuregwu, Gardley edewo maka ọtụtụ usoro telivishọn. Ọ jere ozi dị ka onye na-ede akwụkwọ na Amazon Prime usoro *Z: mmalite nke ihe niile*, na mgbe e mesịrị dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ akụkọ na onye edemede maka *Chi*, nke malitere na Showtime na 2018.  O dere maka usoro ihe onyonyo *nke Exorcist* .

N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ọ gbara nkwekọrịta n'ozuzu ya na Amazon Studios wee dee ihe nkiri maka ihe nkiri 2023 *The Agba Purple* . 

## Ihe nrite
Ọ bụ onye nnata nke Helen Merrill Award na 2008 yana onyinye nsọpụrụ Kesselring .  Egwuregwu ya *na ụwa a na aka nwanyị* (2009) na *ịhụnanya bụ ụlọ nrọ na Lorin* (2007) ka akpọpụtara aha ya dị ka egwuregwu kachasị mma na ụlọ ihe nkiri Bay Area, na *ịhụnanya bụ Ụlọ Nrọ na Lorin* bụ onye a họpụtara maka National Critics Steinberg New Egwuregwu egwu.   Gardley bụ onye edemede nke *igbe: egwu banyere ụlọ ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ ụlọ mkpọrọ*, nke e mere na Brooklyn na 2014 site na The Foundry; *black odyssey*, nke malitere na Denver Theater Center n'otu afọ ahụ; *The Road Weeps, Well Runs Dry*, nke nwere njem nleta mba na 2013; na *Dance of the Holy Ghosts*, nke malitere na Yale Repertory Theatre na 2004. Ọ bụ onye nnata nke 2014 Glickman Award maka egwuregwu ya *The House That Will Not Stand*, nke Berkeley Rep nyere ya ma mepụta ya. O nwere mmepụta ihe na-esote na Yale Rep na Tricycle Theatre na London ma bụrụ onye ikpeazụ maka 2015 Kennedy Prize. Gardley bụ 2013 USA James Baldwin Fellow na 2011 PEN Laura Pels onye meriri nturu ugo maka onye na-egwu egwuregwu Mid-Career. Gardley emeriela San Francisco Bay Mpaghara Gerbode Emerging Playwright Award, National Alliance for Musical Theater Award, Eugene O'Neill Memorial Scholarship, na ASCAP Cole Porter Prize. Ọ bụ onye otu New Dramatists, The Dramatists Guild na Lark Play Development Center . A họọrọ Gardley ka ọ bụrụ otu n'ime ndị na-ede egwuregwu 50 nwere nkà maka ndị na-ege ntị ka ha soro na *magazin Dramatists* . 

## Ntụaka
maka mfu nke ụlọ ya na-abịanụ na ohere nke ịlụ nwoke ọcha bara ọgaranya na 1830s New Orleans; ọrụ ahụ na-eji ọchị ọchị na nke p nyere ya ma mepụta ya. O nwere mmepụtabmmekọ ọnụ nke akpọrọ Facing Eziokwu Anyị: Egwuregwu 10-Minutebụ ebe m nọ. Ọ naghị amasị m ikwu okwu ọrụ m, ọ na-

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