Lindsay Joelle is a New York-based playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist. Her plays include THE MESSENGERS (Audible), TRAYF (Theater J, Penguin Rep, Upcoming: New Rep), THE GARBOLOGISTS (EST/Sloan Commission, dev: PlayPenn, Playwrights Foundation, City Theatre), THE PRINCESS OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE (libretto, Vital Theater), and A SMALL HISTORY OF AMAL, AGE 7 (Forward Flux & Pratidhwani).
She has received an Audible Emerging Playwright Commission, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Commission, National New Play Network collaboration grant, Irving Zarkower Award, Rita Goldberg MFA Playwriting Prize, and has presented work with TADA! Youth Theater, PlayPenn New Play Development Conference, The Great Plains Theatre Conference, Marthas Vineyard Playhouse, City Theatre, Playwrights Foundation, and the Lark.
Her plays have been finalists for the Eugene O'Neill NPC (Trayf, A Small History of Amal), The Bay Area Playwrights Festival (The Garbologists, A Small History of Amal - w/ honorable mention), American Blues Theatre's Blue Ink Award, JAW Festival, Jewish Plays Project, SPACE on Ryder Farm, BRIClab Residency, UMass New Play Lab, Soho Rep Lab, Yale School of Drama, and received honorable mentions from Leah Ryan's FEWW and the Kilroys List (Trayf & The Garbologists).
Proud alumna of the New Georges Jam, Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab, National New Play Network Writer-in-Residence at Curious Theatre, the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, The American Theatre Wing's Springboard, Columbia University (BA), and Hunter (MFA).
She has received an Audible Emerging Playwright Commission, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Commission, National New Play Network collaboration grant, Irving Zarkower Award, Rita Goldberg MFA Playwriting Prize, and has presented work with TADA! Youth Theater, PlayPenn New Play Development Conference, The Great Plains Theatre Conference, Marthas Vineyard Playhouse, City Theatre, Playwrights Foundation, and the Lark.
Her plays have been finalists for the Eugene O'Neill NPC (Trayf, A Small History of Amal), The Bay Area Playwrights Festival (The Garbologists, A Small History of Amal - w/ honorable mention), American Blues Theatre's Blue Ink Award, JAW Festival, Jewish Plays Project, SPACE on Ryder Farm, BRIClab Residency, UMass New Play Lab, Soho Rep Lab, Yale School of Drama, and received honorable mentions from Leah Ryan's FEWW and the Kilroys List (Trayf & The Garbologists).
Proud alumna of the New Georges Jam, Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab, National New Play Network Writer-in-Residence at Curious Theatre, the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, The American Theatre Wing's Springboard, Columbia University (BA), and Hunter (MFA).
Theater (productions and development)
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THE MESSENGERS
Audible Emerging Playwright Commission Ingram New Works Festival TRAYF Production, 2019 (upcoming) Production, 2018 (Premiere, NEA grant recipient) Production, 2017 Staged reading, MFA Playwrights Festival Staged reading Staged reading Staged reading, Words @ Work series Staged reading, Just Dessert series Staged reading Staged reading, New Moon series 2017 Blue Ink Award Finalist 2017 Ingram New Works Lab Finalist 2016 Kilroys List Honorable Mention 2016 Rita Goldberg Award for Graduate Playwriting 2016 Jewish Plays Project Top 10 Finalist 2016 Jaw Festival Finalist 2015 National Playwrights Conference Finalist THE GARBOLOGISTS Staged Reading, PlayPenn New Play Conference Staged Reading, Rough Reading Series Staged Reading, Momentum Festival (upcoming) Staged Reading, Monday Night Specials Staged Reading (NNPN grant) 2019 Kilroys List Honorable Mention 2019 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist 2017/18 EST Sloan Grant 2019 SPACE Creative Residency Finalist 2019 ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest Quarterfinalist 2017 Emerging Playwright Prize Finalist (w/ hon. mention) 2017 BRIClab Residency Finalist A SMALL HISTORY OF AMAL, AGE 7 Production Staged Reading, Flux Salon Staged Reading, Primary Stages: ESPA*Drills Workshop, The New School Directing MFA 2017 BAPF Finalist (w/ special recognition) 2014 National Playwrights Conference Finalist ACHILLES / THE TROJAN WOMAN 2016 Great Plains Theatre Conference PlayLab reading 2015 Irving Zarkower Award, Best New Play of the Year 2015 UMass New Play Lab Finalist THE PRINCESS OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE (Libretto) Production EVERYTHING ABOUT A FAMILY... (Contributing lyricist) Full Production: TADA! Youth Theater Full Production: TADA! Youth Theater PREP: the Musical (Book and lyrics) West Village Musical Theatre Festival PREP in concert 2012 National Music Theater Conference Finalist (Top 34) |
Dir. Kimberly Senior Dir. Adam Immerwahr Dir. Celine Rosenthal Dir. Derek Goldman Dir. Benjamin Kamine Dir. May Adrales Dir. Deborah Baer Mozes Dir. Adam Lenson Dir. Addie Gorlin Dir. Celine Rosenthal Dir. David Winitsky Dir. Ari Laura Krieth Dir. Kimberly Senior Dir. Jessica Bird Dir. Tome Cousin Dir. MJ Munafo Dir. Chip Walton Dir. Samip Raval Dir. Samip Raval Dir. Lisa Peterson Dir. Celine Rosenthal Dir. Theresa Pond Dir. Joanna Greer Dir. Janine Nina Tremens Dir. Celine Rosenthal Dir. Matt Bogdanow |
Audible, NY Nashville Repertory Theatre, TN New Rep Theatre, MA Theater J, Washington, D.C. Penguin Rep, Stony Point, NY Hunter/The Lowe Theater Theatre Ariel, PA JW3, London, UK Sabes JCC, MN Penguin Rep, NY JCC of Northern Virginia Luna Stage, NJ American Blues Theater, Chicago, IL Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville, TN The Kilroys List Hunter Playwriting MFA Jewish Plays Project Portland Stage The Eugene O'Neill Center PlayPenn, PA Playwrights Foundation, CA City Theatre, PA Marthas Vineyard Playhouse, MA Curious Theater, CO The Kilroys List Playwrights Foundation, CA Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY SPACE on Ryder Farm, NY ScreenCraft, CA Leah Ryan's Fund for Emerging Women Writers BRIC, NY Forward Flux & Pratidhwani, Seattle, WA Forward Flux, Seattle The Duke on 42nd The New School for Drama Playwrights Foundation The Eugene O'Neill Center Great Plains Theatre Conference Hunter College MFA UMass/Amherst Vital Theater, NY TADA! Youth Theater, NY TADA! Youth Theater, NY The Wings Theater, NY Pete's Candy Store The Eugene O'Neill Center |
Film and Animation
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Wonder Cabinets
Co-written with Sylvia Khoury LGBTQ on Campus Animated Inclusivity Training for Educators Step In, Speak Up! Animated Safe Space Training for Educators At Risk for Middle School Educators Animated Suicide Prevention Training Diabetes Education Animated Diabetes Self-Care for Veterans |
Dir. Andrew Robinson, Celine Rosenthal The Trevor Project and Campus Pride The Arizona Dept. of Health Services Mental Health America of Texas The Veterans Healthcare Network |
Parsons the New School for Design Kognito Interactive Kognito Interactive Kognito Interactive Kognito Interactive |
Education
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Hunter College, NY (MFA in Playwriting: Arthur Kopit, Tina Howe, John Baker, Samuel D. Hunter)
Columbia University, NY (BA in English) The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, NY (Lyricist) |
2014-2016
2001-2005 2006-2008 |
Membership
- 2018-19 Ingram New Works Lab Playwright at Nashville Repertory Theatre
- 2017-19 NNPN Writer-in-Residence with Curious Theatre Company
- The New Georges Jam Writer/Director Lab
- The American Theatre Wing: SpringboardNYC alum
- British American Drama Academy (BADA) alum
- 2017-19 NNPN Writer-in-Residence with Curious Theatre Company
- The New Georges Jam Writer/Director Lab
- The American Theatre Wing: SpringboardNYC alum
- British American Drama Academy (BADA) alum
