Lauren Gunderson (she/her) is one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list twice including 2019–20. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for I and You and The Book of Will, the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and the John Gassner Award for Playwriting, and a recipient of the Mellon Foundation’s residency with Marin Theatre Company. 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 play The Catastrophist, about her husband virologist, Nathan Wolfe, premiered digitally in January 2021. She co-authored the Miss Bennet plays with Margot Melcon and her audioplay The Half-Life of Marie Curie premiered Off-Broadway and at audible.com. Her work is published at Playscripts, Dramatists Play Service, Methuen Drama, and Samuel French. laurengunderson.com.
Lauren Gunderson
Rad Adaptation (Radaptation?) with Octavio Solis and Kate Hamill
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Rad Adaptation (Radaptation?) with Octavio Solis and Kate Hamill
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Thursday 27 August 2020
United States
Writing Science for Stage with Anna Ziegler, Charly Evon Simpson, and Geetha Reddy
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Writing Science for Stage with Anna Ziegler, Charly Evon Simpson, and Geetha Reddy
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Wednesday 19 August 2020
United States
Arts + Activism: Jeannette and Making Political Musical Theatre
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Arts + Activism: Jeannette and Making Political Musical Theatre
with Ari Afsar, Erin Ortman, Martha Nichols, Jen Bender, and Regina Victor
Thursday 6 August 2020
United States
Writing Amazing Audio Plays with Madhuri Shekar and Chisa Hutchinson
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Writing Amazing Audio Plays with Madhuri Shekar and Chisa Hutchinson
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Thursday 16 July 2020
United States
Building a Playwriting Career with The Dramatists Guild
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Building a Playwriting Career with The Dramatists Guild
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Friday 15 May 2020
United States
Playwrighting Class with David Ball!
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Playwrighting Class with David Ball!
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Wednesday 13 May 2020
United States
Devised Theatre Class with Erika Chong Shuch and Ryan Tacata
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Devised Theatre Class with Erika Chong Shuch and Ryan Tacata
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Friday 8 May 2020
United States
Writing Killer Short Plays with Steve Yockey
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Writing Killer Short Plays with Steve Yockey
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Wednesday 6 May 2020
United States
Publishing + Theatre Class with Peter Hagen, President of DPS!
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Publishing + Theatre Class with Peter Hagen, President of DPS!
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Wednesday 6 May 2020
United States
Comedy + Playwrighting Class!
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Comedy + Playwrighting Class!
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Tuesday 5 May 2020
United States
Writing the Personal Epic with Benjamin Scheuer + Sean Daniels
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Writing the Personal Epic with Benjamin Scheuer + Sean Daniels
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Monday 4 May 2020
United States
Writing Incredible Theatre for Young Audiences (as well adults)
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Writing Incredible Theatre for Young Audiences (as well adults)
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Wednesday 29 April 2020
United States
Feminism + Theatre with Marissa Wolf, Hana Sharif, and Ari Afsar!
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Feminism + Theatre with Marissa Wolf, Hana Sharif, and Ari Afsar!
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Tuesday 28 April 2020
United States
Writing Trans Realities w/ Scott T Schofield + Nic Sommerfeld
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Writing Trans Realities w/ Scott T Schofield + Nic Sommerfeld
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Friday 24 April 2020
United States
Director - Playwright Class: Lauren talks with Eric Ting
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Director - Playwright Class: Lauren talks with Eric Ting
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Tuesday 21 April 2020
United States
A Critical Approach: Playwriting, Advocacy and Dramaturgy with Regina Victor and Lauren
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A Critical Approach: Playwriting, Advocacy and Dramaturgy with Regina Victor and Lauren
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Tuesday 21 April 2020
United States
Directors + Playwrights - Lauren talks with Evren Odcikin
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Directors + Playwrights - Lauren talks with Evren Odcikin
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Friday 17 April 2020
United States
Theatre Journalist + Playwright - Lauren talks with Diep Tran
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Theatre Journalist + Playwright - Lauren talks with Diep Tran
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Thursday 16 April 2020
United States
Dramaturgs + Playwrights - Lauren and Martine Greene-Rogers talk
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Dramaturgs + Playwrights - Lauren and Martine Greene-Rogers talk
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Tuesday 14 April 2020
United States
Musical Theatre w/ Lauren, Kait Kerrigan + Brian Lowdermilk
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Musical Theatre w/ Lauren, Kait Kerrigan + Brian Lowdermilk
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Friday 10 April 2020
United States
A Playwrighting Class
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A Playwrighting Class
with playwright Lauren Gunderson
Wednesday 8 April 2020
United States