Gary Young

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About Gary Young

Gary Young’s theatrical plays deal with social issues and have been produced and performed at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the White House, the Smithsonian Institution, and venues throughout the US and Europe. In the 1980’s, he worked with Jean Kennedy Smith as one of the coordinators for the National Very Special Arts Festival, and with his own company, he has produced festivals and written successful grant proposals to fund programs for, by, and with disabled populations and the underprivileged. His touring programs throughout the United States have been co-supported by the former HEW (now HHS), National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Mobil Oil, US Airways, and private foundations. Gary and his wife, Kathy, have co-authored Loss and Found: Surviving the Loss of a Young Partner, with the second edition coming out soon, also presenting seminars and support groups throughout the United States. He is completing his new novel, Glimmer the Bright Moonlight, a ghost-ish story. His play, Interruptions – A life, a death, pizza, dancing and Murphy’s Law, premiered at the Kennedy Center, with its West Coast premier in Los Angeles, June through September, at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood. He has written full-length plays, one-act plays, ten-minute plays and has taught, directed and produced plays for decades. His ON HOLD: The MYTH of Male Maturity, premiered in England, and will have its Los Angeles premier in the near future. Gary serves as President of the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, Executive Director of the Lifetime Achievement Foundation, President of the Independent Writers of Southern California, and Board Member of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. He is a member of the Book Publicists of Southern California, the Independent Book Publishers Association, the Dramatists Guild, and Theatre Communcations Group. Specialties: Writer, producer, publisher, actor, teacher, director, grief counselor