"Letter to My Soul" premieres at GreenStage Guilford Live Arts Festival—August 10th

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    • Plays
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    • Gallery 2016-2022
    • About Laura
    • Interviews/Press
    • Blog
    • Other Writing

  • Welcome
  • Plays
  • Gallery 2023-2024
  • Gallery 2016-2022
  • About Laura
  • Interviews/Press
  • Blog
  • Other Writing

A Little About Laura

Laura Thoma (she/her) is an award-winning, trauma-informed 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 abruptly ended 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 currently working on "Letter to My Soul," which will premiere at the Festival in August. Laura 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. She is a graduate of the Dramatist Guild Institute of Dramatic Writing and co-founder of Shoreline Playwrights, a partnership that develops new work.


Her work is heavily influenced by her background in dance and musical theatre. Laura loves to experiment with form, pattern, and rhythm 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 in this world.


Laura has developed her work with various theaters and organizations, including The Bechdel Group, Legacy Theatre, Cape May Stage, Theatre Odyssey, 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 back roads and exploring old two-lane highways with her bookish wife, Chris, and their dog, Buddy Fitzwilliam.

What Audiences Are Saying ...

"Authentic"

"Thought-Provoking"

"Thought-Provoking"

“Laura Thoma establishes herself as an essential, relevant, and authentic voice, elevating contemporary, trauma-aware storytelling into engaging and evocative art. Showcased in her most recent work, Letter to My Soul, Thoma’s gifted dialogue and relatable characters infuses her work with humor, intelligence and magical realism as we witness a delightful trio of seekers on their philosophical quest to explore artistic legacy, feminism, gender identity, queerness, ancestry, community, spirituality, and ultimately, the irrevocable truth of the soul.

”

— Carolyn Nivling, Development Reading Audience Member

"Thought-Provoking"

"Thought-Provoking"

"Thought-Provoking"

"Magpie is an extremely thought-provoking story of family relationships and the struggle to uncover an identity that some may prefer to keep hidden. I was so moved by the production as I sat in my seat wondering: should we just take things at face value, or is it better to take risks and dig deep regardless of what we may find? I shed a few tears as I watched layers of the past being revealed and smiled at the satisfaction of the ultimate resolve.”

— Darlene Zoller, Artistic Director, Playhouse on Park

"Elegant"

"Elegant"

"Elegant"

“Miss Margaret’s Barton Cottage Christmas Surprise is an elegant and witty riff on Austen’s mistaken identity ‘meme’ brought up to date.

— Katia Porter, Audience Member

"Funny"

"Elegant"

"Elegant"

 “Last night, I saw a reading of a new play called Writer’s Block and was fascinated by the premise. The characters were complex, funny, and authentic, and immediately pulled me into the story. I’m eager to see a full production! Be on the lookout for this intriguing piece!

— David H. Hamilton, Audience Member

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