Dolores Gregory

Dolores W. Gregory writes comedies and dramas that draw on her working class roots. Often set in rural America, her plays explore the disconnect between the dream and reality of American blue-collar experience. Whether a dark, expressionistic comedy such as The Good Girl is Gone, or a Brechtian drama, such as Radium Girls, her plays frequently present an unseen offstage character as well—the economic and political forces that shape the individuals on stage. A resident playwright at New Jersey Repertory Co., Gregory is also a National Core Member of the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis and a member of Playground, the playwrights' development unit of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co., in Washington, D.C. Her work has been presented throughout the United States and abroad, including productions in Singapore, London, Madrid, and Lima, Peru. In addition to writing plays, Ms. Gregory has worked as a theater critic—most recently for The Washington Post—and as a  teaching artist. She makes her home outside Washington, D.C., with her husband Paul, a bluegrass musician.