The Resume

(March 12, 1928-September 16, 2016)
Born in Virginia
Wrote 'The Zoo Story (1958),' 'The Death of Bessie Smith (1959),' 'The Sandbox (1959),' 'The American Dream (1960),' 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962),' 'Tiny Alice (1964),' 'A Delicate Balance (1966),' 'Seascape (1974),' 'Three Tall Women (1991),' 'The Play About the Baby (1997)' and 'The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (2002)'

Why he might be annoying:

He grew up rich.
Many of his plays are bitter and surreal.
His career dried up in the 1980's.
He became a terrible alcoholic.
He can be acerbic and bitchy in interviews.
He said: 'I have never met a creative artist in my life that I've respected that was not a Democrat.'
He wrote a play about a man who has sex with a goat.
At age 64, he was arrested for indecent exposure on a public beach.

Why he might not be annoying:

He hated his wealthy parents' lifestyle, choosing to hang out with poor artists and actors instead.
He won two Tony awards and two Pulitzer prizes.
His plays are angry, sad, and hilarious.
Although he is gay, he hates being pigeonholed (so to speak) as a 'gay writer.'
His work came back into fashion right around the time he quit drinking.
When arrested, he explained that he merely wanted to shake the sand out of his swim trunks, and the charges were dropped.
He has a sense of humor about himself and his work.
He said: 'The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself.'

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• College Drop Outs
• I Attended Choate Rosemary Hall [Connecticut]
• I Attended Lawrenceville [New Jersey]
• I Attended Trinity College [Hartford, Connecticut]
• I Attended Truman Capote's Black and White Ball [November 28, 1966]
• I Attended Valley Forge Military Academy
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 88)
• I was Adopted or Orphaned
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1996)
• Mustaches
• Playwrights
• Profiles 11501-11750 (Ranked: 11692)
• Residents of Greenwhich Village [New York City]
• Walruses
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20160916)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 2]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 85 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 28 Votes: 82.14% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 120 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 92 Votes: 68.48% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 51 Votes: 60.78% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 80 Votes: 63.75% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 124 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 183 Votes: 56.28% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 111 Votes: 50.45% Annoying