LIA ROMEO
Representation: Samara Harris, Robert A. Freedman Agency
EDUCATION:
Princeton University (B.A. in Comparative Literature, G.P.A. 3.70. Studied with Arthur Kopit and Neal Bell.)
Rutgers University (M.F.A. in Playwriting, G.P.A. 3.97. Studied with Lee Blessing.)
PLAYS:
Full Length (Selected)
The Forest
O’Neill National Playwrights Conference selection, 2018
Kilroys List 2019
Production: New Jersey Repertory Theatre, Long Branch, NJ (upcoming)
Production: Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Boulder, CO (upcoming)
Workshop: Florida Studio Theatre
Green Whales
Production: Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Production: MCS Theatre, New York, NY
Production: Forward Flux, Seattle, WA
Production: Renegade Theatre Experiment, San Jose, CA
Finalist: PlayPenn
Published by Broadway Play Publishing
Workshop: NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop
Connected
Production: Project Y Theatre Company, 59E59, New York, NY
Commission and production: HotCity Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Published by Playscripts
Awards: NYIT Award for Outstanding Full-Length Script (nominee), St. Louis Theatre Circle Award for Best New Play (nominee)
Workshop: Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s PlayFest
The Lucky Ones
Production: Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, Summit, NJ
Awards: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference (finalist), Premiere Stages at Kean University (semi-finalist)
Reality
Production, HotCity Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Production, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
Published by Playscripts
Awards: ATCA/Steinberg Award (nominee), Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (nominee), HotCity Theatre New Play Festival (winner), St. Louis Theatre Circle Award for Best New Play (nominee)
Workshop: New Jersey Emerging Women Playwrights Project
Hungry
Production: Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Production: Stillwater Theatre, Raleigh, NC
Production: The Skeleton Rep, New York, NY
Right Place, Right Time
Production: Renegade Theatre Experiment, San Jose, CA
Production: Stillwater Theatre, Raleigh, NC
Production: XPressions Performing Arts Network, Baltimore, MD
Published by Broadway Play Publishing
Awards: O’Neill National Playwrights’ Conference (finalist), Alliance/Kandeda Graduate Playwriting Competition (runner-up), Silicon Valley Award for Best New Play (winner)
A Perfect Fit
Production: Vermont Pride Theater, Randolph, VT
Kilroys List 2016 (Honorable Mention)
Workshop: Edge Theatre, Denver, CO
What Happened That Night
Production: Project Y Theatre Company, New York, NY
Production: New Origins Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA
Workshops: Rising Sun Performance Ensemble, New York, NY, T. Schreiber Studios, New York, NY
LoveSick
Production: Project Y Theatre, 59E59, New York, NY
Reading: Atlantic Theatre Stage 2
American Dreamers
Production: Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City, NJ
Production: West of 10th, New York, NY
The Grand Tour
Winner: New Jersey Playwrights Contest
Workshop production: Porch Light Productions, Glen Rock, NJ
Babies
Workshop: Lark Theatre, New York, NY
One-Act (Selected)
“Baby Boom”
Productions: Project Y Theatre, coLAB Arts, Looking Glass Theatre
“Mrs. Henderson’s Cat”
Production: Hangar Theatre
Short (Selected)
“The Presentation”
City Theatre National Short Playwriting Award, winner
Selected for Dramatists’ Play Service Best 10-Minute Plays, 2019
“Yog Sothoth”
Productions: Samuel French Festival, 3 Graces Theatre Company, Little Fish Theatre, Luna Stage
Awards: Heideman Award (finalist), City Theatre National Short Playwriting Award (finalist)
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
New Jersey Individual Artist Fellowship Winner, New Jersey State Council for the Arts, 2018
Project Y Playwrights Group, New York, NY, 2014-present
InViolet Theater, New York, NY, company member, 2016-present
Athena Theatre Playwrights Group, New York, NY, 2015-2016
BMI Librettists Workshop, New York, NY, 2015-2016
Abingdon Theatre Playwrights Group, New York, NY, 2013-2015
New Jersey Emerging Women Playwrights Project, 2011-2012
National New Play Network Emerging Playwright-in-Residence, 2008-2009
LITERARY AND NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT WORK:
Associate Artistic Director, Project Y Theatre Company, 2017-present
Literary Manager, Project Y Theatre Company, 2014-2017
New Play Coordinator, Jersey City Theater Center, 2015-2018
TEACHING AND GUEST ARTIST WORK:
Writing and Critiquing Drama: Fairleigh Dickinson University, M.A. program in creative writing, instructor, 2017-present
PlayGym: New Jersey Play Lab, instructor/dramaturg, 2019
Featured Artist/Panelist: Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK
Visiting Guest Artist: MIDDSummer PlayLab at Middlebury College (workshop and talkback)
University of Colorado New Play Festival (led workshops)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (play production and talkback)
Thomas Jefferson High School (play production and talkback)
Quinnipiac University (led workshops, responded to plays)
Meredith College (led workshops, play productions)
Rutgers University (in-class guest artist)
Goshen College (led workshop, play production)
OTHER WRITING:
11,002 Things to Be Miserable About, humor book published by Abrams Image
35,000 copies sold to date nationally and internationally
Dating the Devil, novel published by Belle Books/Bell Bridge Books
Amazon bestseller
Optioned for development as a TV movie with Vast Entertainment and ABC Family
