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'''Thomas Edward Huey''' (born [[May 6]], [[1950]]; died [[February 29]], [[2024]]) was a poet and playwright.
'''Thomas Edward Huey''' (born [[May 6]], [[1950]] in Alabama; died [[February 29]], [[2024]]) was a poet, playwright, and college professor.


<!--Tom Huey, 73, playwright and poet, died Thursday as a result of a car accident. An Alabama native, he was the only child of Judge Thomas Huey Jr. and Elizabeth Sessions Huey. Tom discovered passions for athletics and literature as a young man at Birmingham University Preparatory School. For a time, Tom held the state record for sixty-yard low hurdles. As an undergraduate at the University of Alabama, he competed as part of the track and field team. He earned an MA at Hollins University and an MFA at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was a Randall Jarrell Fellow. Tom published a novel, four books of poetry, and saw twenty of his plays produced around the country. He received major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council and was Playwright-in-Residence at Guilford College and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. He also enjoyed a thirty-year career in education at Guilford College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he taught playwriting and creative writing.
Huey was the sole child of Judge [[Thomas Huey Jr]] and the former [[Elizabeth Huey|Elizabeth Sessions]]. He attended [[Birmingham University School]] and competed in track and field events there and at the [[University of Alabama]]. He went on to complete a master of arts at Hollins University in Virginia, and a master of fine arts as a Randall Jarrell Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.


Tom's family was more important to him than all of his career accomplishments. One night in 1984, Tom met Wanda Lee at the Rhino in downtown Greensboro, where she soundly beat him in a game of pool. The two were married less than a year later under an oak tree, surrounded by friends and family. They enjoyed 39 years of supportive and loving marriage. Together Tom and Wanda delighted in trips to their beloved Pawleys Island, working the morning crossword, and cheering on the Crimson Tide. They had two daughters, Madeline Huey and Olivia Huey Faggart. In them he instilled keen perceptiveness, deep loves of literature, and wry senses of humor. Tom loved his wife and daughters more than anything. They will miss him enormously.-->
He married fellow student Mary Faran, who was a member of the ACT Company. That relationship led to his first stage plays. He began teaching at Guilford College in Greensboro in [[1979]]. In [[1986]] he was awarded a $17,500 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in [[1989]] he joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has also served as "playwright in residence" at Guildford and at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. His play "The Man in the Bright Nightgown", whose title is drawn from W. C. Fields' dying words, was revived in Greensboro in [[2019]] and adapted as a short film by Mike and Brenda Lilly in [[2021]].
 
Huey and his second wife, Wanda, were married in [[1984]] and had two daughters; Madeline and Olivia. Huey died in an automobile accident in [[2024]]
 
==Publications==
* Huey, Tom (1975) ''This Life: A Salutation.'' (poems) Thorp Springs Press
* Huey, Tom (1979) ''Forcehymn'' (poems), Carolina Wren Press
* Huey, Tom (1979) "The Whitening of the Godwins and the Starrs"
* Huey, Tom (1980) "Wild Air" (premiered at Circle Theater, Los Angeles, California)
* Huey, Tom (1985) "Through Line" (premiered at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia)
* Huey, Tom (1985) "High Standards" (premiered at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia)
* Huey, Tom (1986) "[[Magic City (Tom Huey play)|Magic City]]" (premiered in Los Angeles, California)
* Huey, Tom (1986) "Tales of Edgar Allan Poe" (premiered 1986 at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia)
* Huey, Tom (1989) "The Staircase Group" (staged reading at Circle Repertory Company, New York City), revised as "Mortal Acts" (1990)
* Huey, Tom (1990) "The Man in the Bright Nightgown" (premiered 1990 at Venice Beach, California)
* Huey, Tom (1993) "Beauty and the Beast" (premiered 1993 at Playmakers Repertory in Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
* Huey, Tom (2011) ''Misha, Me, and Wittgenstein.'' Xlibris. ISBN 9781462881079
 
==References==
* Jones, Abe D. Jr (June 20, 1992) "Tom Huey Knows How to Play on Emotions." ''Greensboro News & Record''
* Peiken, Matt (February 4, 2021) "From Stage To Screen, Asheville Couple Investing To Keep Local Theater Alive." Blue Ridge Public Radio
* "Tom Huey" obituary (March 6, 2024) ''Greensboro News & Record''


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Latest revision as of 10:41, 24 March 2024

Thomas Edward Huey (born May 6, 1950 in Alabama; died February 29, 2024) was a poet, playwright, and college professor.

Huey was the sole child of Judge Thomas Huey Jr and the former Elizabeth Sessions. He attended Birmingham University School and competed in track and field events there and at the University of Alabama. He went on to complete a master of arts at Hollins University in Virginia, and a master of fine arts as a Randall Jarrell Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

He married fellow student Mary Faran, who was a member of the ACT Company. That relationship led to his first stage plays. He began teaching at Guilford College in Greensboro in 1979. In 1986 he was awarded a $17,500 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1989 he joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has also served as "playwright in residence" at Guildford and at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. His play "The Man in the Bright Nightgown", whose title is drawn from W. C. Fields' dying words, was revived in Greensboro in 2019 and adapted as a short film by Mike and Brenda Lilly in 2021.

Huey and his second wife, Wanda, were married in 1984 and had two daughters; Madeline and Olivia. Huey died in an automobile accident in 2024

Publications

  • Huey, Tom (1975) This Life: A Salutation. (poems) Thorp Springs Press
  • Huey, Tom (1979) Forcehymn (poems), Carolina Wren Press
  • Huey, Tom (1979) "The Whitening of the Godwins and the Starrs"
  • Huey, Tom (1980) "Wild Air" (premiered at Circle Theater, Los Angeles, California)
  • Huey, Tom (1985) "Through Line" (premiered at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Huey, Tom (1985) "High Standards" (premiered at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Huey, Tom (1986) "Magic City" (premiered in Los Angeles, California)
  • Huey, Tom (1986) "Tales of Edgar Allan Poe" (premiered 1986 at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Huey, Tom (1989) "The Staircase Group" (staged reading at Circle Repertory Company, New York City), revised as "Mortal Acts" (1990)
  • Huey, Tom (1990) "The Man in the Bright Nightgown" (premiered 1990 at Venice Beach, California)
  • Huey, Tom (1993) "Beauty and the Beast" (premiered 1993 at Playmakers Repertory in Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
  • Huey, Tom (2011) Misha, Me, and Wittgenstein. Xlibris. ISBN 9781462881079

References

  • Jones, Abe D. Jr (June 20, 1992) "Tom Huey Knows How to Play on Emotions." Greensboro News & Record
  • Peiken, Matt (February 4, 2021) "From Stage To Screen, Asheville Couple Investing To Keep Local Theater Alive." Blue Ridge Public Radio
  • "Tom Huey" obituary (March 6, 2024) Greensboro News & Record
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