Allan Havis is provost at Thurgood
Marshall College/UCSD and also on
the MFA Playwriting faculty at
UCSD. Over three decades, Havis
has had his plays produced at
leading theatres across the country
and in Europe. His works have been
commissioned by England's
Chichester Festival, Sundance
Institute, San Diego Rep, and many
other regional theatres. Fifteen full
length published plays including
“The Tutor”: Penguin/Mentor,
Theatre Communications Group,
Broadway Play Publishing.
University of Illinois Press published
his 2001 edited volume: American
Political Plays”.. Harper/Collins
published his 1979 novel “Albert the
Astronomer”. His book “Cult Films”
was published in 2008 and his
second edited anthology “American
Political Plays” was just published by
Southern Illinois University Press.
Recipient of Guggenheim,
Rockefeller, Kennedy Center, CBS,
HBO, National Endowment for the
Arts Awards, plus San Diego
Theatre Critics Circle 2003 and 2008
Patté New Play Awards.