Lauren Gunderson

Lauren M. Gunderson is the 2014 winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play award and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and Helen Hayes Award for I AND YOU. She studied Southern Literature and Drama at Emory University, and Dramatic Writing at NYU’s Tisch School, where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. Her work has been commissioned, produced, and developed at companies across the US including South Cost Rep (EMILIE, SILENT SKY, I AND YOU), The Kennedy Center (THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DR. WONDERFUL AND HER DOG!), San Francisco Playhouse (BAUER), The O’Neill (FIRE WORK), Denver Center, Berkeley Rep, Shotgun Players, TheatreWorks, Crowded Fire, Marin Theatre, Synchronicity, Olney Theatre, Theatre Emory (LEAP), Essential Theatre (PARTS THEY CALL DEEP, BACKGROUND), CentralWorks, and more. She is a Playwright in Residence at the Playwrights Foundation, and a proud Dramatists Guild member. LaurenGunderson.com and @LalaTellsAStorywww.laurengunderson.com