Laura Thoma (she/her) is an award-winning playwright and theatremaker originally from Tidewater, Virginia, who first fell in love with the art of storytelling through classical ballet. When the first half of her career as a dancer and choreographer ended abruptly due to injury, she found herself drawn to the page. Laura is thrilled to have found her way back to her sacred space of theatre through writing.
She is the recipient of the 2024 GreenStage Artists’ Award Grant in Drama and is an alum of the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive, the National Playwrights’ Symposium, Pawling Theatre Exchange Playwrights Residency, The Desert Playwrights Retreat, and THE OUTRAGE: A Queer Writers’ Residency. Laura is a Dramatist Guild Institute of Dramatic Writing graduate and cofounder of Shoreline Playwrights, a partnership that develops new work.
Her work is heavily influenced by her background in dance. Laura loves to play with form, patterns, rhythm, and flow while creating and exploring women-centric stories of identity, queerness, aging, intergenerational connectedness, mental health, and hope. She aspires to write stories that are sacred mirrors to others who do not feel seen.
Laura has developed her work with various theaters and organizations, including The Bechdel Group, Legacy Theatre, Cape May Stage, Odyssey Theatre, Chestnut Street Playhouse, Marist College, Drama Works Theatre Company, GreenStage Guilford Live Arts, and the North American Cultural Laboratory. She is a member of AEA, Dramatist Guild and Honor Roll!
When she’s not writing Laura can be found driving backroads and exploring old two-lane highways with her bookish wife, Chris, and their dog, Buddy Fitzwilliam.
I love collaborating and am always seeking aligned opportunities! If you're a director, producer, or artistic director who is interested in women-centric stories, I'd love to connect with you. EMAIL ME HERE.
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