| Summary: | Playwright Ed Bullins was born July 2, 1935, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. in English and playwriting from Antioch University in San Francisco in 1989; and his M.F.A. degree from San Francisco State University in 1994. Before attending college, Bullins served in the U. S. Navy. Afterwards, he moved to California and entered a writing program. In 1965, he debuted some of his first plays-How Do You Do, Dialect Determinism and Clara's Ole Man. Later, with Amiri Baraka, Bobby Seale, Huey Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, Bullins founded the cultural and political organization Black House, where Bullins served as its cultural director. He was Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. Bullins has continued to create new works and won numerous awards, including a 1968 Drama Desk Award and a 1971 Obie Award. In 1995, Bullins was appointed a professor of theater and a distinguished artist-in-residence at Northeastern University.
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