Edwin Lee Gibson

Edwin Lee Gibson began his run of 103 professional theatre productions at age 16. He has gone on to receive a 2006 O.B.I.E. Award (Outstanding Performance) and the solo cover of The Village Voice for his portrayal of Oedipus in New York Theatre Workshop's production of The Seven. His work has been noted in publications from the New York Times to Theatre Journal (Johns Hopkins). In 2017, he was tapped by theatre auteur, Peter Brook (Lord of The Flies, The Mahabharata) to join Brook's company in residence at Theatre Des Bouffes du Nord in Paris, France. In 2018, he took on the role of comedian-activist, Dick Gregory to sold out houses in the solo play, Turn Me Loose at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. In 2020, Mr. Gibson recurred the role of "Happy" in Fargo, Season 4 opposite Chris Rock and Jason Schwartzman.

"My writing is the extension of the worlds I create as an actor." Edwin Lee Gibson has completed three original pilot scripts, two feature length scripts, one tetrology and three short films since graduating from Point Park University's inaugural MFA program, Writing for The Stage and Screen, in 2016. Mr. Gibson began his writing career with sketch comedy, before spending seven years as a stand-up comic. He returned to New York City theatre and began to write single character, solo plays, most notably Anatomy of a Knucklehead (1999) which ran for 128 shows and the follow-up solo musical, Five 'Til (2001) which ran for 84 shows. Mr. Gibson received a Mondo Canè Performing Commission and a National Endowments for The Arts Writing Commission for a revival of Five 'Til in 2010. He is an original The Moth storyteller and appears on the compilations, Best of The Moth: Stories From The First Ten Years (2006) and The Best Mother and Father Stories From The Moth (2008).