Bio.
Lindsay Joelle writes big-hearted comedies about the collision of worldviews. Published plays include TRAYF (LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for best writing, Geffen Playhouse, Theater J, etc.) and THE GARBOLOGISTS (Philadelphia Theatre Company, City Theatre, Northlight Theatre, etc.) Lindsay is the recipient of the Goldberg Award for Graduate Playwriting, Desert Theater League Award for Best Original Writing, and commissions from E.S.T./Sloan Foundation and Audible's Emerging Playwrights Fund. She is a proud National New Play Network, Playwrights Foundation, and New Georges affiliated artist; former Playwright-in-Residence at Curious Theatre; alumna of Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab, Florida Rep's PlayLab, PlayPenn, Great Plains Theatre Conference, the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, Columbia University (BA), and Hunter College (MFA). Lindsay was recently featured in American Theatre’s “Role Call: People to Watch” and received a 2026 Artist Grant from the Arts Foundation of Tucson and Southern Arizona for her new play Mud & Fire: The Pottery Play.
Extended Resume.
The Garbologists
Published by DPS/Concord Theatricals
Production (2027 - upcoming) / Urbanite Theatre, FL
Production (2026) / Theatreworks Colorado Springs, CO
Production (2026) / Penobscot Theatre Co., ME
Production (2026) / Montgomery Theater, PA
Production (2025) / Vermont Stage Company, VT
Production (2025) / Gloucester Stage Company, MA
Production (2025) / Invisible Theatre, AZ
Production (2025) / Curtain Call Theater, NY
Production (2025) / Theater Alliance, DC
Production (2024) / Shadowland Stages, NY
Production (2024) / Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, OH
Production (2024) / Theaterworks Hartford, CT
Production (2023) / Cape May Stage, NJ
Production (2023) / Forward Theater Co., WI
Production (2023) / Dezart Performs, CA (* Desert Theater League Award for Outstanding Original Writing)
Production (2022) / Northlight Theatre, IL
Production (2022) / Bulldog Ensemble, NC
Production (Co-World Premiere, 2022) / Philadelphia Theatre Co., PA
Production (Co-World Premiere, 2021) / City Theatre, PA
Production (2026) / Theatreworks Colorado Springs, CO
Production (2026) / Penobscot Theatre Co., ME
Production (2026) / Montgomery Theater, PA
Production (2025) / Vermont Stage Company, VT
Production (2025) / Gloucester Stage Company, MA
Production (2025) / Invisible Theatre, AZ
Production (2025) / Curtain Call Theater, NY
Production (2025) / Theater Alliance, DC
Production (2024) / Shadowland Stages, NY
Production (2024) / Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, OH
Production (2024) / Theaterworks Hartford, CT
Production (2023) / Cape May Stage, NJ
Production (2023) / Forward Theater Co., WI
Production (2023) / Dezart Performs, CA (* Desert Theater League Award for Outstanding Original Writing)
Production (2022) / Northlight Theatre, IL
Production (2022) / Bulldog Ensemble, NC
Production (Co-World Premiere, 2022) / Philadelphia Theatre Co., PA
Production (Co-World Premiere, 2021) / City Theatre, PA
READINGS: PlayPenn New Play Development Conference, Playwrights Foundation Rough Reading Series, City Theatre Momentum Festival, Curious Theatre (NNPN Collaboration Grant), Miranda Theatre Co. Liz Smith Reading Series, Martha's Vineyard Playhouse
HONORS: E.S.T./Sloan Foundation Commission (Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY), 2023 Desert Theater League Award for Best Original Writing, The Kilroys List, PlayLab Finalist (Florida Repertory Theatre), Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist (Playwrights Foundation), SPACE Residency Finalist (Space on Ryder Farm), Emerging Playwright Prize Finalist (Leah Ryan's FEWW), BRIClab Residency Finalist (BRIC), ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest Quarterfinalist, Austin Film Festival Second Round Selection, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Nomination
TRAYF
Published by DPS/Concord Theatricals
Production (2026 - upcoming) / Next Act Theater, WI
Production (2024) / Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Production (2024) / New Jewish Theater, MO
Production (2023) / Six Points Theater, MN
Production (2022) / The Geffen Playhouse, CA (* LA Critics Circle Nomination & Robby Awards Nomination: Best Writing)
Production (2019) / New Rep Theatre, MA
Production (2018, World Premiere) / Theater J, Washington, D.C. (* NEA Art Works Grant recipient)
Production (2017) / Penguin Rep, Stony Point, NY
Production (2024) / Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Production (2024) / New Jewish Theater, MO
Production (2023) / Six Points Theater, MN
Production (2022) / The Geffen Playhouse, CA (* LA Critics Circle Nomination & Robby Awards Nomination: Best Writing)
Production (2019) / New Rep Theatre, MA
Production (2018, World Premiere) / Theater J, Washington, D.C. (* NEA Art Works Grant recipient)
Production (2017) / Penguin Rep, Stony Point, NY
READINGS: The Criterion Theater (Blue Touch Productions, London), RADA studios (Blue Touch Productions, London), Hunter MFA New Play Festival (Dir. May Adrales), JW3 (London), Sabes JCC (MN), JCC of Northern Virginia, Luna Stage (NJ), Penguin Rep (NY), Next Act Theatre (WI)
HONORS: Goldberg Award for Graduate Playwriting (Hunter MFA), Eugene O'Neill NPC Finalist, Blue Ink Award Finalist (American Blues Theater), Jewish Plays Project Top Ten, Jaw Festival Finalist (Portland Stage), 2018 Kilroys List Honorable Mention (The Kilroys), L. Arnold Weissberger Award Nomination, Listed in "Middle Eastern American Theatre" anthology (Bloomsbury Critical Companions)
Dalloway: First Love
Production (2026 - upcoming) / Gloucester Stage Company, MA
Production (2027 - upcoming) / Invisible Theatre, AZ
Production (2027 - upcoming) / Oregon Contemporary Theatre, OR
Production (2028 - upcoming) / Amphibian Stage, TX
Production (2027 - upcoming) / Invisible Theatre, AZ
Production (2027 - upcoming) / Oregon Contemporary Theatre, OR
Production (2028 - upcoming) / Amphibian Stage, TX
READINGS: Florida Rep PlayLab, New Georges Green Oasis Community Garden, NYC, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Dir./Prod. Olivia Facini), NYC
HONORS: FutureNow Finalist (Drama League and Chautauqua Theater Company), Second Rounder (Austin Film Festival), Finalist ('26) and Semifinalist ('25) Vanguard Arts Fund (Olney Theatre Center ), Grant Recipient (Lower Manhattan Cultural Commission), Local Lab Semifinalist (Local Theater Company), Semifinalist (O'Neill National Playwrights Conference)
Mud & Fire: The Pottery Play
Workshop Production (2027 - upcoming) / Invisible Theatre, AZ
READINGS: Invisible Theatre New Voices Series (AZ)
HONORS: 2nd Round (Ojai), Semifinalist (Premiere Stages), 2026 Artist Grant (Arts Foundation of Tucson and Southern Arizona)
Achilles in Gitmo
READINGS: Theater Alliance Hothouse New Play Festival (D.C.)
HONORS: Irving Zarkower Award for Best New Play of the Year (Hunter MFA), Anne Freedman Grant (Hunter MFA), Local Lab Semifinalist (Local Theater Company), Words3 Finalist (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Fresh Ink Semifinalist (American Blues Theatre), UMass Amherst New Play Lab Finalist, ColLabo Finalist (CMU)
The Messengers
Recording (Audible Original Audioplay) / Audible Theatre
READINGS: Ingram New Works Festival (Nashville Repertory Theatre), Ground Floor Series (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Womens' Voices New Play Series (Invisible Theatre - upcoming)
HONORS: Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semifinalist (Playwrights Foundation), L. Arnold Weissberger Award Nomination
A Small History of Amal, Age 7
Production / Forward Flux & Pratidhwani, Seattle, WA
Workshop Production / Forward Flux & Pratidhwani, Seattle, WA
Workshop Production / The New School Directing MFA
Workshop Production / Forward Flux & Pratidhwani, Seattle, WA
Workshop Production / The New School Directing MFA
READINGS: ESPA*Drills (Primary Stages, NY)
HONORS: Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist with Hon. Mention (Playwrights Foundation), NPC Finalist (The O'Neill)
The Princess of Riverside Drive
Production (New Musical Commission - libretto) / Vital Theatre Company, NY
Commissions and Memberships
Commission: Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund, "The Messengers" / 2019-20
Commission: Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Foundation of Science and Technology, "The Garbologists" / 2017-18
Commission: Vital Theatre Company, "The Princess of Riverside Drive" / 2009
Board Member & Literary Consultant: Invisible Theatre / 2025-Present
Affiliated Artist: National New Play Network / 2017-Present
Affiliated Artist: New Georges / 2016-2021
Affiliated Artist: Playwrights Foundation /2019-Present
Affiliated Artist: The Lark / 2014-2021
Affiliated Artist: American Theatre Wing, SpringboardNYC / 2005-2021
Residency: The Ingram New Works Lab at Nashville Repertory Theatre / 2018-19
Residency: NNPN Writer-in-Residence at Curious Theatre Company / 2017-19
Residency: PlayPenn New Play Development Conference / 2017
Residency: Great Plains New Play Conference 2016
Commission: Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Foundation of Science and Technology, "The Garbologists" / 2017-18
Commission: Vital Theatre Company, "The Princess of Riverside Drive" / 2009
Board Member & Literary Consultant: Invisible Theatre / 2025-Present
Affiliated Artist: National New Play Network / 2017-Present
Affiliated Artist: New Georges / 2016-2021
Affiliated Artist: Playwrights Foundation /2019-Present
Affiliated Artist: The Lark / 2014-2021
Affiliated Artist: American Theatre Wing, SpringboardNYC / 2005-2021
Residency: The Ingram New Works Lab at Nashville Repertory Theatre / 2018-19
Residency: NNPN Writer-in-Residence at Curious Theatre Company / 2017-19
Residency: PlayPenn New Play Development Conference / 2017
Residency: Great Plains New Play Conference 2016
Education
Hunter College, (MFA in Playwriting; Arthur Kopit, Tina Howe, Samuel D. Hunter) / 2014-2016
Columbia University, (BA in English) / 2001-2005
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, (Lyricist) / 2006-2008
The American Theatre Wing's SpringboardNYC / 2005
The British American Drama Academy, London / 2004
Columbia University, (BA in English) / 2001-2005
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, (Lyricist) / 2006-2008
The American Theatre Wing's SpringboardNYC / 2005
The British American Drama Academy, London / 2004