Description
Gilbert Girion astonishes readers by revealing the depths of his characters within the mystery and spontaneity of life. Nothing feels plotted or planned, nothing is tied up or explained away, and there are no easy answers; rather, his characters struggle to live, fight and love one another in pages that feel effortless and honest. You are left with questions about your soul and the country. This is writing in the greatest American tradition that harkens back to Sam Shepard and Raymond Carver. Seek Girion out immediately. –Ramin Bahrani, filmmaker
Gilbert Girion is primarily a playwright, though he has also written for film and has had short fiction published. His plays include Bridge Over Land, Faith’s Body, Floating With Jane, Broken English, Bad Country, Word Crimes, (Drama-Logue Award) The Last Word, Fizzle, Murder In Santa Cruz and Songs And Dances From Imaginary Lands(co-written). His plays Juice, Glue, and Palm 90 (co-written) were produced at Bay Area Playwrights Festival, where he served as Playwright-In-Residence. He has been commissioned to write plays by Overtones Theatre, New Writers, Playwright’s Horizons and New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF). Nominated by NYSF, he was the recipient of a Drama League Grant. He was also given a grant from Anna Sosenko Assist Trust. He wrote American Blue Note, a film directed by Ralph Toporoff and Let Go, a short film shown at Hampton’s Film Festival. He worked with Joseph Chaikin and Bill Hart at Atlantic Center For The Arts where they developed Bodies, a piece about disability. His short stories have been published in Word, Noir Mechanics, Urban Desires and Saturday Review. Currently, he teaches screenwriting at the School Of Visual Arts in New York City. He is the author of SOUND OF A TRAIN (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2013).
Ramin Bahrani, filmmaker –
Gilbert Girion astonishes readers by revealing the depths of his characters within the mystery and spontaneity of life. Nothing feels plotted or planned, nothing is tied up or explained away, and there are no easy answers; rather, his characters struggle to live, fight and love one another in pages that feel effortless and honest. You are left with questions about your soul and the country. This is writing in the greatest American tradition that harkens back to Sam Shepard and Raymond Carver. Seek Girion out immediately.
David Turnley, Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer, filmmaker –
Gilbert Girion is a gifted writer, one of our great playwrights, as gentle in his soul as he is nuanced in his keen observation of our humanness. His driving motivation is to celebrate the powerful experience of what it is to be alive. He is a treasured force amongst us, a beacon for that which so humbly connects us; our humanity, in all its richness, harmonies, contradictions, enigmas, clarities, all handled with the deft touch of the most seasoned of artists. SOUND OF A TRAIN is in this kind of tradition, a work that lingers in the spirit, like a good friend you can always count on.
James C. Strouse, filmmaker –
Gilbert Girion is funny. And his writing is too. Read him now and enjoy the subtle wit and playful absurdity of his prose. This man knows how to find the light in all our dark comers.