The Drawer Boy

Michael Healey spent a decade as an actor before writing his first play. His second play, The Drawer Boy, was a surprise success and gave him eight years of runway to learn how to write. He needed every minute. Plays from this period include Generous, Courageous, Proud, The Innocent Eye Test, Plan B, and Rune Arlidge. He has collaborated with dead, unwitting playwrights like Chekhov, Molnar, and Hecht and MacArthur on adaptations for Stratford, Shaw, and Soulpepper. More recently he has adapted nonfiction by journalists in plays like The Master Plan and Rogers v. Rogers.