SHIRLEY LAURO


Shirley Lauro

Anthology
POLITICAL VISIONS: 7 PLAYS BY AMERICAN WOMEN, edited with Alexis Greene. The New Press: Spring 2009

Full Length Plays:
AKA
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
CLARENCE DARROW's LAST TRIAL
OPEN ADMISSIONS
A PIECE OF MY HEART
THE CONTEST
PEARLS ON THE MOON
SPECKLED BIRDS
MARGARET AND KIT
OUT OF TIME

Short Plays:
OPEN ADMISSIONS
THE COAL DIAMOND
NOTHING IMMEDIATE
SUNDAY GO TO MEETIN’
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU’RE COMING FROM AT ALL!
RAILING IT UPTOWN
TURN DOWN (in BACK STORY)

Screenplays:
OPEN ADMISSIONS
OUT OF TIME

Novel:
THE EDGE


A Piece of My Heart
ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
HUMANA FESTIVAL PRODUCTION





















































Artwork and Web Editing: Ros Winner Sterling, NYC
































"Playwright Shirley Lauro writes without polemical agenda, instead, simply and directly moving us with emotionally overwhelming dramatic power on topics historical, inter-racial, inter-cultural and vital to women."


-FRANCE SOIR, Paris, France.

UPCOMING PRODUCTION...


The Actors Studio
432 W 44 St., New York City
April 14, 2008 6 PM


RECENT PRODUCTIONS...







ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
WORLD PREMIERE 2005




"A Jeff Recommended Play"

"...inspired by true coming-of-age stories of four young German, Christian women who survive or succumb to an ever more powerful Nazi Government that comes to control their very existence..."

"A SIGNIFICANT SERIOUS AND INTENSELY MOVING NEW WORK BY A PROVEN BROADWAY PLAYWRIGHT...A SHOW THAT'S BOTH RUMINATIVE AND REVELATORY, SMART AND EMOTIVE, IMMERSIVE AND DISTANCING. AND MOST IMPRESIVE OF ALL, THIS IS A PLAY WITH ENOUGH DARING TO LOOK AT THE POLARITIES OF WAR WITH A STRONG SENSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN LIMITATIONS...A COMPELLING NEW PLAY."
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

"...CONTAINS A POWERFUL LESSON FOR TODAY."
Chicagocritic.com

Clarence Darrow's Last Trial
2006 Carbonella Awards Nominee















SELECTED WORK

Anthology of Plays
Full Length Plays
"AKA"
Dark comedy of shifting identities and cultures.
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
"Jeff Recommended" WORLD PREMIERE June 2005
CLARENCE DARROW's LAST TRIAL
2006 Carbonell Award Nominee; 2004 NEA "Access to Excellence Award", in collaboration with New Theatre, FL; 2001 New American Play Prize (Finalist)
OPEN ADMISSIONS
Tony & Drama Desk nominations, New York Times pick for the “Ten Best Plays of the Year” list, Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award.
A PIECE OF MY HEART
The Barbara Deming Prize for Women Playwrights, The Susan Blackburn Prize (Finalist, The Kittredge Foundation Award.
THE CONTEST
National Foundation for Jewish Culture Award
MARGARET AND KIT
Susan Smith Blackburn Award (finalist)
PEARLS ON THE MOON
National Endowment for the Arts Residency Grant at The Alley Theatre of Houston, TX Jane Chambers Play Award (finalist)
SPECKLED BIRDS
Multigenerational play commissioned by Theatreworks, USA.
One Act Plays
OPEN ADMISSIONS
New York Times pick for the “Ten Best Plays of the Year” list, Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award, Samuel French OOBA Festival Award.
NOTHING IMMEDIATE
Samuel French Play Writing Award
THE COAL DIAMOND
The Heidemann Prize at Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival, selected for "Best Short Plays of 1980"
BACK STORY
A play commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville showcasing the work of their Playwrights.
Other Work



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