Carey Crim is an award-winning playwright and resident artist at The Purple Rose Theater Company. Her play Never Not Once won the 2017 Jane Chambers award and was a finalist for The O'Neill. Her play, Conviction (Twenty-three and a half Hours), premiered to critical acclaim at Bay Street Theatre starring Sarah Paulson, Garret Dillahunt and Elizabeth Reaser. It then opened at The Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, California where it was nominated for an Ovation award for best new play and will open in London next season. Her earlier works, Growing Pretty, Wake and Some Couples May… all received world premieres at The Purple Rose Theatre Company. Wake received a West Coast Premiere at the SeaGlass Theatre in Los Angeles where it was a critic's pick. Carey adapted it for the screen and it will...
Carey Crim is an award-winning playwright and resident artist at The Purple Rose Theater Company. Her play Never Not Once won the 2017 Jane Chambers award and was a finalist for The O'Neill. Her play, Conviction (Twenty-three and a half Hours), premiered to critical acclaim at Bay Street Theatre starring Sarah Paulson, Garret Dillahunt and Elizabeth Reaser. It then opened at The Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, California where it was nominated for an Ovation award for best new play and will open in London next season. Her earlier works, Growing Pretty, Wake and Some Couples May… all received world premieres at The Purple Rose Theatre Company. Wake received a West Coast Premiere at the SeaGlass Theatre in Los Angeles where it was a critic's pick. Carey adapted it for the screen and it will be released in 2019. Morning After Grace ran to sold out houses at The Purple Rose Theater Company starring Randolph (Randy) Mantooth. It was also produced by Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shakespeare and Company and The Barter Theater. Her newest play Paint Night had a workshop and reading at the The Purple Rose in April. She is a three-time finalist for Miami City Theater’s short play competition and won the competition in 2011. She has been a finalist for The Heideman award and a two- time finalist in the Samuel French OOB festival. Her work has received productions and/or workshops at Pasadena Playhouse, Primary Stages, Luna Stage, Asolo Rep Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Miami City Theatre, Rubicon Theatre and The Purple Rose Theatre Company. Carey is a graduate of Northwestern University.