Paul Elliott is
an accomplished director, producer and published playwright with more than 30
years’ experience in writing for the stage, television and film. Ledge, Ledger and the Legend, his first
comedy, was voted one of the top 25 most-produced one-act plays in the last 25
years. Finding the Burnett Heart, an award-winning comedy drama and
Elliott’s first full-length play, completed its Hollywood premiere following a
successful world premiere at the historic Detroit Repertory Theatre in 2009. Gentle
Passage was the flagship production of the 2012 Hollywood Fringe
Festival before winning Best Gay Play of 2014 at the Chicago Pride Film and
Theatre Awards. Both Exit Laughing (2014) and Making Sweet Tea and Other Secrets (2018) were selected as winners of the AACT NewPlayFest. Dula,
a musical written with international recording star Jeanie Cunningham, received
a staged reading at Northwestern University before moving to a full workshop
production in Atlantic City and becoming a TNT Pops! Playwriting Competition
winner, premiering at the OhLook Performing Arts Center in Texas. Cries in the Night, a thriller for the
stage, premiered at Market House Theatre (Paducah, Ky.) in 2019. Elliott’s latest
comedy, Keep on Laughing, is a sequel
to Exit Laughing.
