Lisa Loomer

Lisa Loomer’s plays include RoeLiving OutThe Waiting RoomDistractedHomefreeCafé VidaExpecting IsabelTwo Things You Don’t Talk About at DinnerBirdsBocón!Maria! Maria, Maria, Maria; and Broken Hearts.

Her work has been produced at Roundabout, Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, INTAR, The Public, Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory, Kennedy Center, Seattle Repertory, Denver Center, La Jolla, Trinity Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Missouri Repertory, and in Mexico, Israel, Egypt and Germany.

Screenwriting credits include Girl, Interrupted and pilots for HBO, CBS, FOX, and Showtime.

She has received awards from the American Theatre Critics (twice), Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, Lurie Foundation, Edgerton Foundation, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Jane Chambers Playwriting Award (twice), an Imagen Award, and an Ovation Award.

She’s currently writing the books for the musicals Real Women Have Curves and Like Water for Chocolate.

Read a Q&A with Lisa here.

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