Will Arbery

Playwright, Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Will Arbery is a playwright, TV/ film writer, and filmmaker from Texas + Wyoming + seven sisters.

His playwright credits include:

• Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons)
• Plano (Clubbed Thumb)
• Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (New Neighbourhood)
• Corsicana (development at Playwrights Horizons and Ojai Playwrights Conference)
• Wheelchair (3 Hole Press)
• You Hateful Things (development at The Public, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and NYTW Dartmouth Residency)

He's currently under commission from Audible, MTC, and Playwrights Horizons.

Arbery has developed TV series with A24/ HBO, as well as Littlefield Co./ Touchstone. He has also been involved in film projects with BBC Films/ A24, Animal Kingdom, and Sight Unseen. He has also been a consultant on Succession (HBO).

His playwright awards include: 

• Pulitzer Prize Finalist (Heroes of the Fourth Turning)
• Whiting Award for Drama, Obie Award for Playwriting (Heroes of the Fourth Turning)
• New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play (Heroes of the Fourth Turning)
• Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play (Heroes of the Fourth Turning)
• Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Playwriting Award (Heroes of the Fourth Turning)
• Tow Foundation Grant
• Edes Prize for Emerging Artists 
• Stage Raw Award for Best Playwriting (The Mongoose)

He is also a member/ alum of the following:

• New Dramatists
• P73's I-73 
• EST/Youngblood
• The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm
• Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writers Group
• Colt Coeur