Brian Richard Mori

Brian Richard Mori was born in Pennsylvania, raised in Southern California, and now resides in New York City. Brian's plays have been produced in dozens of venues across the U.S. as well as the U.K., including Adult Fiction (GeVa Theatre, New Jersey Repertory Company), Bedtime Stories (American Renegade Theatre), Dreams of Flight (Victory Gardens Theatre, Leicester College), First Date (Nat Horne Theatre), Memories (Theatre 22), and Slow Fade to Black (Neighborhood Playhouse). Adult Fiction (winner of the Davie Prize for Playwrighting) and Bedtime Stories are anthologized in Smith & Kraus's Best Plays series; Dreams of Flight is published by Dramatists Play Service. The television adaptation of the Abingdon Theatre's critically acclaimed New York City production of Hellman v. McCarthy (winner of HRC Showcase Theatre's W. Keith Hedrick Playwrighting Award), starring Dick Cavett, Roberta Maxwell, and Marcia Rodd, was taped and aired by PBS on WNET's Theatre Close-up. He has had 12 screenplay options, including Fade In Magazine winner Obscura, which is in preproduction. Brian is a member of the Dramatists Guild, PEN, and the Writers Room.