David Gray(XLII)

David Gray is a writer in Bloomington, Indiana (thought he still consider himself a Jersey boy). In the last 4 years he has completed 8 screenplays and 3 TV pilots. Two of his screenplays have been optioned, the most recent being Aunt Jeannie which won the Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest and was picked up by Mad Wife Productions. David is also a Writer/Script Consultant with Lady With A Hat Productions. His scripts have garnered over 90 competition placements, including the Academy Nicholl Fellowships, a Top Ten Finalist in the Big Break Screenplay Contest and a Top 5 in the Laugh or Die Comedy Contest. David previously worked in nonprofit management, a career that started at New York City Ballet and led to leadership positions in organizations ranging from The New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the New Brunswick Cultural Center and most recently the Pennsylvania Ballet. Prior to his nonprofit work, he was a writer/bartender in New York, including 3 years at Joe Allen's. He has written a number of books including Escape from Verona: Romeo and Juliet Part 2. Juliet's long-lost diary explaining how she and Romeo faked their suicides and made their way to Venice. David is married to a former New York City Ballet ballerina (now a Professor at Indiana University) and they have two sons, a videographer- editor in Los Angeles, the other a student at Whittier College which provides an excuse for David to frequently visit Los Angeles.