Nance Crawford began her professional career as an actress at age six, her first theater commission the graduation presentation for her sixth grade class, her second an adaptation of THE LAND OF OZ for the annual Hollywood High Christmas extravaganza for underprivileged children. Her first published article appeared in Jack and Jill magazine; her column, Young Hollywood, a monthly feature in TEEN LIFE, a magazine from Sterling Publications, New York. She is a director and respected coach.
At the invitation of the late Lonny Chapman, she became a member of the Writers Wing of Group Repertory Theatre, North Hollywood, California, where her full-length comedies, FOUR PLAY, THE LAST INNOCENT SPRING, and THE CHRISTMAS DRAGON, with music by Malcolm Atterbury Jr, were developed in workshop and...
Nance Crawford began her professional career as an actress at age six, her first theater commission the graduation presentation for her sixth grade class, her second an adaptation of THE LAND OF OZ for the annual Hollywood High Christmas extravaganza for underprivileged children. Her first published article appeared in Jack and Jill magazine; her column, Young Hollywood, a monthly feature in TEEN LIFE, a magazine from Sterling Publications, New York. She is a director and respected coach.
At the invitation of the late Lonny Chapman, she became a member of the Writers Wing of Group Repertory Theatre, North Hollywood, California, where her full-length comedies, FOUR PLAY, THE LAST INNOCENT SPRING, and THE CHRISTMAS DRAGON, with music by Malcolm Atterbury Jr, were developed in workshop and presented as staged readings; her novel, DRAGON SOLSTICE, available from Amazon, was inspired by the musical. Her experiences as the secretary at a Hollywood drama school inspired THE TINSEL-TOWN FOLLIES, presented as part of the "Sundays at Seven" Staged Reading Series at the Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood. She is the author of two plays on Richard III: KING'S GAMES: A MEMOIR OF RICHARD III, available from Amazon, and an adaptation of Josephine Tey's novel, now in the public domain, KING'S GAMES: THE DAUGHTER OF TIME.
A participant in the initial program of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab West, she is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, the California Writers Club, the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and the Richard III Society, American Branch.