Marian X (born Marian Warrington in 1944) is an American playwright. Life Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Marian X and her sister were mostly raised by their father in Baltimore. After angry white men burned her father's delicatessen, the pair were placed with foster parents. She attended an integrated girls' high school, before studying English at Morgan State University. She married, raising two children before taking a graduate degree in theatre from Villanova University and starting to write plays. She has also taught English at the G. W. Carver High School for Engineering and Science in Philadelphia. Marian X's 1987 play Wet Carpets was a comedy with music about three women raised as sisters who go through mid life crisis. It was chosen by the Crossroads Theatre Company as the premiere production in 1988 for their New Play Rites series. Plays Idella. First production, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1983. Wet Carpets. First production, Theatre Center, Philadelphia, 1987. The Mayor's Wife. First production, Theatre Center, Philadelphia, 1990. Warrior Stance (or Sex, A Comedy). First production, Penumbra Theatre Workshop, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1992. The Screened-in Porch. First production, Philadelphia Dramatists Center, Philadelphia, 1994. Awards In 1997, Marian X received a fellowship from the Pew Charitable Trusts. External links marianx.com References 1944 births Living people American dramatists and playwrights American women dramatists and playwrights Morgan State University alumni Villanova University alumni African-American dramatists and playwrights African-American women writers Pew Fellows in the Arts 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women 21st-century African-American women