W. David Hancock

W. David Hancock is an American playwright.

Hancock graduated from the University of Iowa Playwriting workshop, with an MFA. His play The Convention of Cartography was performed in 1994 by The Foundry Theatre at a gallery in Chelsea. His play The Race of the Ark Tattoo played at PS122 and the Cherry Lane Theater, and toured regionally.

• 1995 Obie Award
• 1998 Whiting Award
• 1999 Obie Award
• 2000 CalArts/Alpert Award for theatre
• 2000 Creative Capital Performing Arts Award
• 2001 Bush Artist Fellowship

• Village Voice article re 1995 Obies
• Newspaper article re 1999 Obies
• Newspaper article re 2000 CalArts
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• Convention of Cartography CSPS, Midwest Center for Developing Artists in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• The Race of the Ark Tattoo, CSPS, Midwest Center for Developing Artists in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• With a Dead March at On the Boards New City Theater, Seattle October 2005
• The Puzzle Locker University of Iowa Theatres Mainstage 2006

• Steve Wiecking (3 August 2005). "Best Mom-and-Pop Theater". Seattle Weekly. 
• University of Iowa news release

The Race of the Ark Tattoo is an exploration of the nebulous territory between memories and dreams. It takes place not in a theater but in a flea market (installed in a gallery on the side of P.S.122).