Daniel Guyton

Playwright Lyricist
he/him/his

Daniel Guyton is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. His stage plays have been produced nearly 700 times around the world, and he has been published in over 50 anthologies and solo publications, including several of the Best American Short Plays collections. He is a theatre professor at Georgia State University and Georgia Military College and is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America East. He is also the Artistic Director of Atlanta Dramatists. He's won dozens of playwriting and screenwriting awards. For more information, please visit: www.danguyton.com.

Highlights

Awards:

  • International Independent Film Awards - Platinum Winner, Feature Script, Your Privilege is Showing, 2023
  • New York International Film Awards - Winner, Best Dark Comedy Script, Your Privilege is Showing, 2023
  • Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival - Winner of Best Dark Drama Feature Screenplay Award, A Woman's Touch, 2021
  • Canadian Cinematography Awards - Winner of the Best Screenplay Award, Utopia 69, 2021
  • Vegas Movie Awards - Winner of Best First Time Screenwriter Award, Three Ladies of Orpington, 2021
  • The Thing in the Basement Horror Fest - Winner of Best Comedy Screenplay Award, Three Ladies of Orpington, 2021
  • Gona Film Festival - Winner of Special Jury Award, Death of a Snowman​, 2021
  • Georgia Theatre Conference Community Theatre Competition - Winner of 4 awards: Superior Performance, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor & All-Star Cast, Prison Monologues, 2020
  • Georgia Military College – Adjunct Professor of the Year, 2018
  • G.R.E.A.T. Fellows Program (GTC) - Inducted as Full Fellow, 2019
  • Feel the Reel International Film Festival - Winner, Screenplay Award, Three Ladies of Orpington, 2019
  • Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Awards – Winner of 7 Awards (nominated for 12), including Best Production, Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Sound Design & Best Costume Design, Three Ladies of Orpington, 2018
  • End of the Road New Play Festival - 2x Winner, Judge's Choice Award, 2015 & 2018
  • Short + Sweet Sydney Festival (Australia) - Winner, Judge’s Choice & People’s Choice Awards, 2017
  • Short + Sweet Manila Festival (Philippines) - 2x Winner, Audience Favorite Award, 2016 & 2017
  • Arkansas Theatre Collective - Winner, Audience Favorite Award, 2016
  • Helen-Jean Play Contest - Winner, Literary Creativity Award, The Mother of God Visits Hell, 2015
  • A.R.T.’s Playwriting Competition - Winner, Best Play, 2015
  • Los Angeles Film and Script Festival - Winner, Best Horror Screenplay, A Woman's Touch, 2013
  • Atlanta 48-Hour Film Project - Winner, Best Writing, Ensemble Acting, & Audience Choice Awards, One More Time, 2013
  • AuditionArt.com Monologue Competition - Winner, Best Female Monologue, Daffodils, 2012
  • Gotta Go! Newsletter - 2x Winner, “Favorite of the Evening” Award, 2009-11
  • Northwest Zone High School - Drama Festival Winner, Best Production, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Sound Awards Canada, 2008
  • Author’s Playhouse New Author Festival - Winner, Best Comedy Award, I'm Not Gay!, 2005
  • Kennedy Center/ACTF - 2x Winner, Short Play 2x Finalist: 10-Minute Play, 2001-04
  • University of Georgia - Winner, Amazing Student Award, 2004
  • Waverly Avenue Elementary School - Winner, 6th Grade Spelling Bee, 1988

Publications:

  • 3 Articles Featured in Dramatist Magazine, 2014-24
  • An Elf in Elementary School (Next Stage Press), 2021
  • The Mean Old Elephant (Next Stage Press), 2021
  • Featured in Best American Short Plays 2018-2019 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), 2021
  • My Classmate’s an Alien! (Brooklyn Publishing), 2019
  • The Mother of God Visits Hell (Next Stage Press), 2019
  • Featured in Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2018 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2018
  • Featured in Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2018 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2018
  • Featured in Later Chapters: The Best Monologues and Scenes for Actors Over 50 (Applause Books), 2018
  • Featured in The 12 Plays of Christmas (Dominion Publications), 2018
  • Where’s Julie? (Next Stage Press), 2018
  • Three Ladies of Orpington (Next Stage Press), 2018
  • Featured in 105 Five-Minute Plays for Study and Performance (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2017
  • Featured in 222 More Comedy Monologues (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2017
  • Kim Arthur and the Nerds of the Round Table (YouthPLAYS), 2017
  • Hilarious Nightmares 2 (Next Stage Press), 2016
  • Featured in Best 10-Minute Plays of 2016 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2016
  • Featured in Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2016 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2016
  • Featured in Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2016 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2016
  • Featured in Audition Monologues for Young Men 2016 (Pioneer Drama Services), 2016
  • Featured in Monologues from the Plays of Next Stage Press, Vol. 1 (Next Stage Press), 2016
  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Pioneer Drama Services), 2016
  • Dead Giveaway (Heuer Publishing), 2016
  • Last of the Tannenbaums (Heuer Publishing), 2015
  • Featured in Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2015 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2015
  • Featured in One on One: Contemporary Monologues for Kids Ages 7-15 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), 2015
  • Featured in Best American Short Plays 2013-14 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), 2015
  • Featured in Best American Short Plays 2012-13 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), 2014
  • Featured in Famous Last Words: A Collection of 12 Ten Minute Plays… (Heuer Publishing), 2014
  • Featured in Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2014 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2014
  • Featured in Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2014 (Smith & Kraus Publishing), 2014
  • Featured in Best Contemporary Monologues for Men 18-35 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), 2014
  • Featured in Best Contemporary Monologues for Women 18-35 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), 2014
  • Featured in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature III (JAC Publishing), 2014
  • Hilarious Nightmares (Next Stage Press), 2013
  • Featured in Monologues from the Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Focus Publishing), 2013
  • Mrs. Claus Gets Menopause (ArtAge Publishing), 2013
  • Romance is Dead (Original Works Publishing), 2013
  • Abandoned: A Chapbook of Poetry by Daniel Guyton (Feral Press), 2013
  • Georgie Gets a Facelift (Original Works Publishing), 2013
  • 52 Monologues for Grown-Ups (and College Kids) by Daniel Guyton (Amazon Publishing), 2012
  • Featured in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature II (JAC Publishing), 2012
  • Rebel Without a Claus (Heuer Publishing), 2012
  • Rosie, the Retired Rockette (Heuer Publishing), 2012
  • How I Met Your Santa (Heuer Publishing), 2012
  • Death of a Snowman (Heuer Publishing), 2010
  • Featured in Cherry Poppin’ Plays 2009 Anthology (Alive Theatre), 2009
  • The Twisted Mind of Daniel Guyton (Poetry & Plays in the Dark Comedy Vein) (Amazon Publishing), 2009
  • Featured in One Acts of Note 2008 (Desert Road Publishing), 2009
  • Featured in Quick & Painless: Saturday Night Lites 2004-5 Season (Original Works Publishing), 2006
  • Attic (Original Works Publishing), 2005
  • Featured in Best Student One-Acts: Volume 7 (Dramatic Publishing Company), 2002