Playwright––Silent Sky
Previously at the Festival: playwright––The Book of Will
Other Theatres: Other Plays: Ada and the Engine; anthropology; The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog!; Artemisia; Bauer; The Catastrophist; Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight; Georgiana and Kitty; Exit, Pursued by a Bear; The Heath; The Half-Life of Marie Curie; I and You; Miss Bennet; Peter Pan and Wendy; Leap; The Revolutionists; Natural Shocks: A One Woman Play in a Tornado; The Taming; The Wickhams; Toil & Trouble
Television: Musicals––Built for This; Earthrise; Jeannette; Justice; Sinister; The Time Traveller’s Wife
Awards: two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award; the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in Theatre Award; the Lanford Wilson Award; the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award; recipient of the Mellon Foundation’s Residency with Marin Theatre Company
Publications: Other Works: Revolutionary Women: A Lauren Gunderson Anthology; picture book Dr. Wonderful: Blast Off to the Moon; also writes for film, television, The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and online
Education: Emory University, NYU’s Tisch School
Website: laurengunderson.com
Instagram: @lalatellsastory