Terry Guest

Terry Guest is a 3 time Jeff Award winning playwright, actor, director and teaching artist. His play The Magnolia Ballet had its National New Play Network (NNPN) rolling world premiere in 2022 and has since gone on to win two Jeff Awards (including Best Performer for Terry and Best Production), the NNPN Best New American Play Award, and was featured on NPR. Terry went on to direct his play Marie Antionette and the Magical Negros at the Story theater which won three Jeff Awards (Best Director, Best New Play for Terry and Best Ensemble). Other works include: At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, The Madness of Mary Todd (Goodman Playwrights Unit Commission), A Ghost in Satin (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Andy Warhol Presents the Cocaine Play and Michael Jackson and the Devil’s Book. As an actor Terry has worked at regional theaters including Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Alliance Theatre, About Face Theatre and Actors Express. He is a Governing Ensemble member at The Story Theatre and a teaching artist at Jackalope, Writers Theatre, and Chicago Children’s Theatre. 

Second Site projects

Wants & Needs - Voice Actor (Museums A Living Thing, Art Wall, and Peanut Gallery)