Frank Higgins

Frank Higgins is the author of numerous plays, including Black Pearl Sings! which became one of the most professionally produced plays in America, and The Sweet By ‘n’ By, produced by Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow. His work has been performed across the country, including at Barter Theatre, Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Northlight Theatre in Chicago, The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and other places. His plays have been published by Dramatists Play Service, Dramatic Publishing Company, Pioneer Drama Service, and Samuel French. His one-act play The True Death of Socrates is included in the Best American Short Plays series. Scenes from his play Gunplay: A Play About America were read on Capitol Hill prior to the U.S. Congress passing the Brady Bill. He has also written plays for young audiences, including Anansi the Spider and the Middle Passage, and The Country of the Blind. He has also published four books of poetry and haiku, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild, and the Haiku Society of America.