McAdoo Greer

Playwright

A Tennessee native, McAdoo Greer is a published playwright whose works have been performed in states both above and below the Mason-Dixon line. Her plays include The First Human Impalement Act in These Here Parts (Dramatic Publishing Company), Titty Bars (Tennessee Repertory Theatre Ingram New Works Festival), Stepdaughters of the Confederacy (West Kentucky Playwrights Festival), Lashes (Bookwriters/Songwriters Exchange Dramatists Guild National Conference), and How Come That Blood (National Playwrights 2016 Winter Retreat in Creede, CO). An alumna of the Groundlings, McAdoo credits them with teaching her that she can indeed write her own lines and act at the same time. She has been seen and heard in national commercials ranging from Air Wick to Xerox, and most recently appeared on the southern stage in Night of the Iguana at the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans. She is also the recipient of an outstanding contribution award from the Screen Actors Guild for her work as coordinator of the SAG Conservatory of the American Film Institute.

An academic as well as a playwright, McAdoo is currently a faculty member at Murray State University. She has presented at national conferences and her essay and nonfiction writing has recently appeared in The Dramatist - The Journal of the Dramatists Guild of America as part of their 2015 Season in Review. In this world of hyphenates, McAdoo considers herself a soybean farmer-playwright.