David Ives (Playwright)

David was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play for Venus In Fur, which has been produced all over the country and the world, and which Roman Polanski has turned into a film. Several of his shows have premiered at Primary Stages, including All In The Timing (winner of the Outer Critics Circle Playwriting Award), Don Juan In Chicago, Ancient History, and Mere Mortals. Other plays of David Ives: New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza (winner of the Hull-Warriner Award); The Liar (adapted from Corneille, and winner of the Charles MacArthur Award); The School for Lies (adapted from Molière's The Misanthrope); The Heir Apparent (adapted from JF. Regnard); Is He Dead? (adapted from Mark Twain); and Polish Joke. His adaptation of Alexis Piron’s The Metromaniacs will appear in Washington D.C. at the Shakespeare Theatre next season. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting and lives in New York City.