SHIRLEY LAURO

Shirley Lauro’s The Radiant enjoyed its World Premiere in March, 2011 at New Theatre, Coral Gables, FL, starring Angelica Torn as Marie Curie. The play was commissioned by The Sloan Science Foundation, receiving their “Production Enhancement Grant,” in addition to grants from The Dramatists Guild and TCG’s Edgerton Foundation (honored as one of 40 World Premieres by American Playwrights).

All Through the Night will be produced by CityShow in New York in May, 2011, and by ArtsWest, Seattle in January, 2011marking its West Coast Premiere. The World Premiere of All Through the Night received a Jefferson Nomination as “Best New Chicago Play” and was produced in 2009 off-B at Red Fern Theatre . Clarence Darrow’s Last Trial, a New Theatre World Premiere, was Carbonell nominated and recipient of NEA’s “Access to Excellence” grant. Speckled Birds was a 2010 French publication. “ Frontlines: Political Plays by American Women”, co-edited by Ms. Lauro was “2009 Honoree: Coalition of Professional Women in Arts and Media”. A Piece of My Heart with 1,800 productions around the world was named by Vietnam Vets of America, Inc.: “The most enduring play in the nation on Vietnam”. The Contest was directed by Jerry Zaks for Philadelphia’s Annenberg Center, and was published in 2000. Open Admissions received one Tony Nomination, two Drama Desk nominations, a Theatre World Award, a Samuel French Award, was a New York Times pick for “Ten Best Plays of the Year”, received The Dramatists Guild’s Hull- Warriner Award, was adapted by Ms Lauro for CBS, starring Jane Alexander and Estelle Parsons, and in 2008 was honored by publication in Writing Through Literature, where it joined works by Walt Whitman, Ionesco, Langston Hughes and Toni Cade Bambera in the book’s section, “The Lesson”.

Other work includes: The Coal Diamond ( “The Best Short Play” Anthology; Nothing Immediate (OOBA Festival Winner); Railing It Uptown; Sunday Go To Meetin’; Pearls On The Moon (Stamford Theatre Works). Ms. Lauro’s novel, The Edge, published here and in Great Britain, was a Literary Guild Choice. Major Fellowships: The Guggenheim, 3 NEA’s , NY Foundation for the Arts.

Major Affiliations: a director of The Dramatists Guild Fund; Playwrights/​Directors Unit, The Actors Studio; League of Professional Theatre Women/​NY; Ensemble Studio Theatre; PEN; Writer’s Guild East; Author’s Guild.

For more information on individual works, please visit www.shirleylauro.com and click on the individual work.