Greg Oliver Bodine is a playwright, actor and VO artist based in Washington, D.C. His plays have been published by Playscripts, Inc, Next Stage Press, and have been produced at theaters, colleges and festivals throughout the United States, New Zealand, The United Kingdom and Canada. POE, TIMES TWO, his solo adaptation of two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, received three New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations in 2012 and was voted “Best of the 2016 Capital Fringe Festival” by DC Theatre Scene. MONSTER'S LAMENT, his 10-minute adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, was produced as part of The Secret Theatre's 2020 Act One: One Act Play Festival in Long Island City. Greg is a NYSCA Grant Award-winner and a member of The Dramatist’s Guild. Here’s what the critics have said about his work:


THE HOUND:

"A brilliantly skillful production. How could North Shore Theatre [Productions] possibly succeed in bringing this story to the stage? The answer is through ingenuity, a shrewd and judicious altering of the text, and a terrific performance by adapter Greg Oliver Bodine."
-DC Theatre Scene, 5 STARS

"Recommended. Best of Week 3 Capital Fringe"
-DCist

“Entertaining, educational and strangely unsettling… [Bodine’s] savviness in the art of adaptation is just as apparent as his acting abilities: he manages to avert the common question in such confessional monologues (‘Who is he supposed to be talking to?’) by incorporating a prop audio recording device into the set. Conveniently, this also preserves Lovecraft’s original intention that the narrator record his final moments in hopes that someone will find and believe his story.” 5 STARS
-Theatre Is Easy

“A smart and lively adaptation…deliciously macabre”
–Tor.com

“Deliciously creepy…a well-realized piece indeed…clever writing complemented by excellent sound and light make for a most entertaining evening.”
-NYTheatre.com

“The most delightful thing we have ever seen anyone pull off on a stage, anywhere, ever, and if you are in New York you must go see it. You must. You REALLY MUST. Go. GO.”
–Today’s Theatre Review, The Rejectionist


POE, TIMES TWO:

“Poe, Times Two sets a high bar for the remainder of Fringe 2016. Greg Oliver Bodine has taken two very difficult but very Fringe-y types of theater, the horror genre and the solo performance form, and hit them both out of the ballpark. If you like horror generally, or Poe specifically, put Poe, Times Two on your Fringe calendar.”
–DC Theatre Scene, 5/5 Rating, “Pick of the Fringe”

“Bodine expertly brought these two haunting classics off the dusty pages of the textbook and to vivid, breathing life on the stage.”
–DC Metro Theater Arts, 5 Stars: “Best Of The 2016 Capital Fringe”

“Adapter / Performer, Greg Oliver Bodine, dramatically renders the stories of “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Black Cat” with intelligence, humor and a serious appreciation of Edgar Allan Poe’s understanding of our fears and madness... POE, TIMES TWO provides an evening perfectly suited to this season of late October and early ‘bleak November!”
–Joe Franklin, Bloomberg Radio

“These two one-actor plays re-awaken all that youthful enjoyment of their uncanniness. You’ll be chillingly scared and eerily spooked. But these renditions also reveal the works as far more intricate, interesting, and important than merely being the origins of the genre of short horror fiction. They are portrayals of states of mind that challenge everything we assume about ourselves as rational beings…A scary, stunningly staged, high-fright homage to the creator of the horror story.”
–New York Theater Buying Guide


I, CARPENTER:

“Also impressive is Bodine’s own work as playwright, I, Carpenter, the final and most powerful piece of the evening. The play details the struggle between a construction foreman and his fired employee. It’s a modest but gripping piece, and treats the lives of working-class Americans with a truthfulness that is all too lacking in contemporary theatre.”
-NYTheatre.com


WICKED TAVERN TALES:

“Bodine’s adaptation keeps most of Poe’s original work intact with only a few cuts and alterations to compress the tales into three short works that flow together well, with each one delivering its own special jolt of horror. The product of these edits is not a watered down text, but a celebration of all things spooky…the writing leaves you with thoughts and feelings to contemplate afterwards. However, you may want to hold off on such contemplation until after you have turned on all the lights.”
–Offoffonline.com, *Critic’s Pick


DARK SOUNDINGS:

“[Dark Soundings] is something reminiscent of Masterpiece Theatre — very turn of the century, very warm, but somehow unsettling, because in its richness hides something sinister.”
-Oyster Bay Guardian, NY


A CHRISTMAS CAROL:

“Mr. Bodine’s script follows closely the condensed “Christmas Carol” Dickens created for this readings, whose cuts include the schoolroom scenes…Children ready for a Dickens introduction, however, will be captivated.”
–The New York Times

“A unique and fresh interpretation.” –Kansas City Scoop, MO

“Spirited, intense, riveting, at times eloquent, moving and joyous.”
-North Bay Review, WA

“A most welcome Christmas present.”
-Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot, NY

“A Dickens of a good show!”
-Westfield Evening News, MA

“A classic treasure.”
-The Reminder, MA

“A surfeit of riches…delivers in spades!” — NJartsMaven.com

“Promises to blow the lid off this whole “Bah, Humbug!” –Downtownexpress.com