James Bosley is the Founding and former Artistic Director of Up Theatre Company; which produced the word premiere of his plays All the Best Ingredients, Broad Channel, and Epic Poetry. His play Fun, was developed at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and premiered at MCC Theater, and has received many subsequent productions in the U.S and abroad. The film version of Fun, for which he wrote the screenplay, was shown in competition at Sundance, among other festivals, and was nominated for an IFP “Spirit Award.”

James’ plays have also been produced by The Williamstown Theatre Fringe Festival, The Ice Factory, and many others. He has been awarded residency fellowships from Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony and the Edward Albee Foundation. In addition, James was a member of the 2018 Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. Visit www.uptheatre.org to view James' legacy and find out more about his past and upcoming work.