Biography
Laura Thoma is a trauma -informed playwright and theatremaker originally from Tidewater, Virginia, whose work is published internationally. As someone who has never fully seen herself represented on the stage, it is essential for Laura to explore and write women-centric stories of identity, mental health, aging, and queerness. She is an alum of the National Playwrights Symposium, the Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive, the Desert Playwrights’ Retreat, The Outrage: a Queer Writer’s Residency and is a graduate of the Dramatist Guild Institute of Dramatic Writing. Laura has developed her work with many organizations and theatres including North American Cultural Laboratory, The Bechdel Group, Cape May Stage, Legacy Theatre, Green Stage Guilford Live Arts Festival, Chicago Dramatist, Eden Prarie Players, Drama Works Theatre, Valley Players, Chestnut Street Playhouse, Marist College, Stage Door Theatre, Theatre Odyssey, and Pawling Theatre Exchange (Now CTE), where she was a playwright in residence. She currently lives on the Shoreline of Connecticut with her bookish wife, Chris, and their dog, Buddy Fitzwilliam.
