Spalding Grays 19412004 career in the theatre spanned one of the most dynamic periods of American history and culture. From the 1960s and into the 21st century Gray took the stage and mesmerized his audiences with twisted and often hilarious tales about life in America and abroad. Spalding Grays America traces Grays life from his work with the famous Performance and Wooster Groups to his career as a storyteller famously presenting captivating monologues in his signature plaid shirt while sitting behind a desk on an otherwise bare stage. His monologues include Sex and Death to the Age 14 Swimming to Cambodia Grays Anatomy Monster in a Box Its a Slippery Slope and Morning Noon and Night. Successful as these monologues were on the stage many of them have also been converted to feature films including Swimming to Cambodia directed by Jonathan Demme and Grays Anatomy directed by Steven Soderbergh. Grays stories provide a quirky fullcolor portrait of America in the last half of what has been famously labeled the American century. They are poignant touching and often troubling but theyre also vividly insightful and invariably funny. Spalding Grays America captures the essence of Spalding Grays theatre and storytelling. And it reveals Grays deep but conflicted passion for the homeland that gave him the opportunity to be a true American original. show more