Lauren M. Gunderson

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Adrian Van Stee

Lauren M. Gunderson has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list 4 times including 25/26. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for I and You and The Book of Will, the winner of the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in Theatre Award, Lanford Wilson Award, Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, Jeff Award, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Arthur L. Weissberger Award, and John Gassner Award. Her plays and musicals have been translated into a dozen languages and produced across the world, and her anthology, “Revolutionary Women,” is published by Bloomsbury. She is an Emory and NYU graduate, a screenwriter, musical book writer and children's author who lives in London and hosts the How to Playwright podcast. LaurenGunderson.com and @LalaTellsAStory

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