Who is Brian Yorkey?

Brian Yorkey is an American playwright, lyricist, librettist, screenwriter, and theater director.

He is best known for writing the musical Next to Normal which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2009 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations.

Brian Yorkey: Birth, Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

Talking about his early life, he was born on 23 October 1970. He experienced his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska.

Yorkey seems to be a pretty private person who hasn’t revealed much regarding his personal life. He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska before his family moved to Issaquah, Washington.

There is no information about his father, mother, and siblings. Brian is of Caucasian ethnicity and has an American nationality.

As per his education, Brian Yorkey graduated from Columbia University and also served as the Artistic Director of the Varsity Show. He is an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop.