| Summary: | Playwright Richard Wesley was born on born July 11, 1945 in Newark, New Jersey. He received his B.F.A. degree from Howard University in Washington, DC, in 1967. Wesley's work included, The Black Terror, a Drama Desk winner produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre in 1971; The Mighty Gents, an Audelco Award winner, premiered on Broadway in 1978. In the 1970s, Wesley embarked on a motion picture career, penning screenplays; Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Let's Do It Again (Warner Bros., 1975), Native Son (1984) and Fast Forward (Columbia Pictures, 1985). His teleplays include, Murder Without Motive (1991), Mandela And De Klerk (1997), and Bojangles (2000; and television series episodes, Fallen Angels and 100 Centre Street. Wesley served as an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College, Wesleyan University, Borough of Manhattan Community College and Rutgers University. Wesley served as associate professor in playwriting and screenwriting and department chair at New York University.
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