2024
Barnard College - teacher of playwrighting
Repertory Theater of St. Louis, August Osage County, role: Violet
One Year Lease, international summer program in India, Japan and Greece: teacher/ performer.
2023
Barnard College - teacher of playwrighting
Kissing the Floor, by Ellen McLaughlin, directed by Ianthe Demos, produced by One Year Lease on Theater Row, NYC.
Troy and Homer, University of Pennsylvania seminar, taught in Troy, Turkey: guest professor
The Kiln, new plays festival, People’s Light and Theater Company, Malvern, PA,
All Fall Down, by Lisa Ramirez, role: Rose
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO:
Much Ado about Nothing, roles: Verges, Friar Frances
King Lear, role: King Lear
The Green River, the Gates of Ladore, UT, The Writer’s Journey, teacher
2022
Pericles, by Ellen McLaughlin, a modern verse translation of the play by William Shakespeare,
published by ACWRS Press, distributed by the Chicago Press.
Gettysburg College, visit as guest professor
Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC, awarded residency and presentation
Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, speaker/performer with her play, Life, Stand Still Here.
LaMama Festival, actor in Come and Go and Play, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis
Mercury’s Footpath, production, Yale University
Washington University, St. Louis, Conference on Adaptation, speaker
One Year Lease, international summer program in Greece, teacher
Barnard College - teacher of playwrighting
2021
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
The Names We Gave Him, musical composed by Peter Foley, libretto and lyrics by McLaughlin,
directed by Lisa Rothe, premiere at Montclair University
A Dozen Dreams, installation by En Garde Arts, NYC, NY, writer, performer
Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, speaker/performer with her play, Can One Really Say It?
The Oresteia, streamed performance by Theater for a New Audience
2020
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Midwives, George St. Playhouse, role: Sybil
Troy and Homer, University of Pennsylvania seminar, taught in Troy, Turkey: guest professor
2019
Barnard College professor of playwrighting
Blood Moon, opera composed by Garrett Fisher, libretto by McLaughlin
Produced by Prototype Festival, NYC, NY
Seascape, by Edward Albee, ACT, San Francisco, role: Nancy
American University of Beirut, guest professor
The Oresteia, premiere Shakespeare Theater Company, DC, playwright
Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, keynote speaker
National Theater of Greece, International Theater Conference at Delphi, Greece, guest professor
University of Pennsylvania, Classics and the Military, speaker
2018
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Helen Merrill Award – winner
Shakespeare and Classics Conference, Verona, Italy- speaker and presenter
Broad Theater, Santa Monica, CA,- joint performance with Rinde Eckert
MacDowell Colony- month residency
The Oresteia- workshop in NYC for Shakespeare Theater Company, DC, playwright
2017
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Shakespeare and Classics Conference, Verona, Italy- speaker and presenter
Feminism and the Classics Conference, Fairfield U- keynote speaker
2016
Ajax in Iraq - Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble. Los Angeles, CA,
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday - role: Wendy. Berkeley Rep. Berkeley, CA
The Heart is Not Made of Stone - Ensemble for the Romantic Century at BAM. New York, NY - role: Anna Akhmatova
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - Ateneo Fine Arts Program. Quezon City, Philippines
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - SHEatre: Cincinnati Women's Theatre. Cincinnati, OH
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - University of Chicago. Chicago, IL
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - University of Washington School of Drama. Seattle
Pericles, by Ellen McLaughlin, a modern verse translation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Premiere: Orlando Shakespeare Festival. Orlando, FL
Roz and Ray - role: Roz. The Alley Theater All New play festival. Houston, TX
Roz and Ray - role: Roz. Seattle Rep. Seattle, Washington
The Trojan Women - Flea Theater. New York, NY (Drama Desk nomination for best adaptation)
2015
Ajax in Iraq - Black Martini Theatre. Perth, WA, Australia
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
The Birch Grove - film, directed by Gabrielle Lansner, writer
Dear Elizabeth - The Women's Project. New York, NY, role: Elizabeth Bishop
Sundance Festival at Flying Point, LI, residency
Women Playwrights’ Festival, Hedgebrook Retreat, WA
Inconnu/The Names We Gave Him - workshop. The Public Theater. NYC
Keynote Speaker - Orlando Shakespeare Festival. Orlando, FL
as the playwright of Pericles, a modern verse translation of the play by William Shakespeare.
Lysistrata - The Actors' Gang. Culver City, CA
Mercury's Footpath - commissioned and read as part of the Fragment's Project
Classic Stage Company, NYC
Septimus and Clarissa, presentation, Annual International Conference of Virginia Woolf,
Bloomsberg Theater Ensemble, Bloomsberg, PA
Oedipus - Odyssey Theatre. Los Angeles, CA
The Trojan Women - Thorndale Theatre. Georgetown, TX
2014
A River of Her Own - teaching. The Colorado River, CO
Ajax in Iraq - Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble. Santa Monica, CA
Ajax in Iraq - Wandering Minds. Boston, MA
The Appearance - Mystery Cycle at the Flea. New York, NY, playwright
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Dear Elizabeth - People's Light and Theater. PA, role: Elizabeth Bishop
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - Alarum Theatre. Pittsburgh, PA
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - The Juilliard School. New York, NY
Outside Mullingar - George Street Playhouse, N.J. role: Rosemary
Shakespeare Sister Fellowship - conceived by McLaughlin, awarded to Dipika Guha.
2013
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Good People - George St. Playhouse. NJ, role: Margaret
Good People - Seattle Rep. Seattle, Washington, role: Margaret
Oedipus - Dobama Theatre. Cleveland Heights, OH
The Trojan Women - Singapore Repertory Theatre. Singapore, Singapore
2012
Ajax in Iraq - Skidmore College Dept. Of Theater. Saratoga Springs, NY,
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Lysistrata - Center For The Arts Theatre. Valparaiso, IN,
Lysistrata - Lebanese American University. Beirut, Lebanon
Penelope - premiere in full production: Playmaker's Rep. Chapel Hill, NC
2011
Ajax in Iraq - Off Broadway. Flux Theatre Ensemble. Astoria, NY
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Helen - Cyrano's Theatre Company. Anchorage, AK,
The Year of Magical Thinking, Playmakers’ Rep, role: Joan Didion
Helen - Vintage Theater Collective. Chicago, IL,
Inconnu - grant recipient. Public Theater Musical Theater Initiative. New York, NY
Septimus and Clarissa – written by Ellen McLaughlin, role: Clarissa Dalloway
producer: Ripe Time, premiere, at Baruch Performing Arts Center. New York, NY,
The Trojan Women - Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT
2010
All My Sons, Playmaker’s Repertory Theater, role: Kate Keller
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Inconnu - workshop. The Public Theater. New York, NY
Penelope - A Room Of Her Own Foundation. Albuquerque, NM,
Penelope - Theater 150. Ojai, CA
Septimus and Clarissa – workshop, Classic Stage Co. New York, NY,
A Delicate Balance, Yale Repertory Theater, N.H. Conn, role: Claire
The Trojan Women - Ilkley Players. Ilkley, West Yorkshire, UK
2009
A Delicate Balance, Arena Stage, Washington DC, role: Claire
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Kissing the Floor - publication. Black Wave Press. New York Theater Review. New York, NY
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - Umbrella Hat Theater. Santa Fe, NM
Penelope - Red Bull Theater. New York, NY
Septimus and Clarissa - workshop. Ripe Time. New York, NY
2008
Ajax in Iraq - A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. Cambridge, MA
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Penelope - the Getty Villa with Eclipse String Quartet. Los Angeles, CA
Penelope - The Labowitz Theater at Gallatin NYU. New York, NY
The Persians - People's Light Theater. PA
Theater Communications Group: board member
2007
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Penelope – Classical Theater at the Getty Villa,CA, commission.
Les Justes, by Albert Camus, Chautauqua Theater, NY, role: The Grand Duchess
Theater Communications Group: board member
Sundance Playwright's Retreat - Ucross, WY
TCG/Fox Playwright in Residence Grant - American Repertory Theater. Cambridge, MA
The Tongue of a Bird - Samuel French Inc, publication, play
The Trojan Women - Aurora Theater. Berkeley , CA
2006
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
The Greek Plays - publication. Theater Communications Group.
Helen - Live Arts. Charlottesville, NC
Midsummer Night’s Dream, The McCarter Theater, NJ, Papermill Theater, NJ, role: Titania
Lysistrata - University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH
Operation Lysistrata - on-screen documentary, role: Herself
The Persians - Shakespeare Theater Company, Washington, D.C.
Princeton University - professor
Speak Truth to Power, The Culture Project, NYC, role: ensemble
Theater Communications Group: board member
2005
Barnard College - teacher of playwrighting
Oedipus - premiere directed by Lisa Peterson, Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
The Persians - Shakespeare Theater. Washington, DC
Top Girls, Williamstown Theater Festival, MA, role: Pope Joan and ensemble
Theater Communications Group: board member
2004
Ghosts, by Ibsen, Berkeley Repertory Theater, CA, role: Mrs. Alving
Barnard College - teacher of playwrighting
The Greek Plays - Theatre Communications Group, publication, collection of plays
Oedipus - publication, Arion Press
Theater Communications Group: board member
2003
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - Chautauqua Theater Co. Chautauqua, NY
Law & Order “Mother’s Day” - TV, guest appearance, role: Diane Payton
Lysistrata - reading. Harvey Theater, BAM, NY, as part of the global Lysistrata Project.
The Persians - National Actors' Theater. New York, NY
Theater Communications Group: board member
The Trojan Women - Fordham University. New York, NY
A Room of Her Own Conference, Ghost Ranch, N.M. teacher
Homebody/Kabul, Intiman Theater, Seattle, WA, directed by Bart Sher, role: The Homebody
2002
Helen - The Public Theater. New York, NY, directed by Tony Kushner
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Theater Communications Group: board member
2001
Helen - workshop. ACT. Seattle, WA, as part of the Women Playwrights’ Festival
The Bacchae, Torn to Pieces, LaMama, NYC, role: Agave
Women’s Playwright Festival, ACT, Seattle, WA
2000
The Berilla Kerr Playwrighting Award
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Tongue of a Bird –Samuel French publication
1999
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Elliot Norton Award, for performance in Three Penny Opera, Pirate Jenny
Law & Order “Shield” - TV, guest appearance, role: Officer DiPonti
Tongue of a Bird - Mark Taper Forum. Los Angeles, CA
Tongue of a Bird - Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Ashland, OR
Tongue of a Bird - The Public Theater. New York, NY
Tongue of a Bird - publication. Samuel French
Bread Loaf School of English - professor
1998
Three Penny Opera, Trinity Repertory Theater, role: Pirate Jenny
A Girl’s Life, by Kathleen Tolan, Trinity Rep., role: Bev
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Yale School of Drama - professor of playwrighting
1997
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Tongue of a Bird - Almeida Theater. London, UK
Tongue of a Bird - premiere. Intiman Theater. Seattle, WA
The Trojan Women – Balkan Theater Project, Classic Stage Company, NY
1996
Tongue of a Bird, New York Stage and Film, workshop
Blue Window, Manhattan Theater Club, role: Alice
The Trojan Women – Balkan Theater Project, Classic Stage Company. New York, NY,
Cryptogram, by David Mamet, Yale Repertory Theater, role: Donny
Barnard College - professor of playwrighting
Everything Relative - on-screen, role: Josie
1995
Awarded the Writer's Award from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Iphigenia and Other Daughters - Classic Stage Company. New York, NY,
Professor at Barnard College, playwriting (1995-current)
The Trojan Women – Balkan Theater Project, Classic Stage Company. New York, NY,
Producers: Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and American Friends Service Committee
1994
Angels in America, Walter Kerr Theater, Broadway, role: Angel, and ensemble
Electra - The Actors' Gang. Los Angeles, CA
Junior - on-screen, role: Chairwoman (FDA)
1993
Angels in America, Walter Kerr Theater, Broadway, role: Angel, and ensemble
1992
The Party, adapted from Virginia Woolf, Vineyard Theater, NYC
King Lear, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland, OR, role: Cordelia
The Bed You Sleep In – film by Jon Jost, role: Jean
Angels in America, Mark Taper Forum, role: Angel, and ensemble
1991
Angels in America, Eureka Theater, role: Angel and ensemble
1990
Infinity's House - premiere. Humana Festival, Actors' Theater of Louisville. Louisville, KY
Angels in America, Taper Two, LA, role: Angel and ensemble
The Party, adapted from Virginia Woolf, Mark Taper Forum
A Bright Room Called Day, The Public Theater, role: Paulinka
Infinity’s House - Theatre Communications Group, publication, play
1989
In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe, by Eric Overmeyer- Eureka Theater role: Christine
1988
Road- Eureka Theater, role: Carole and ensemble
Hedda Gabler—Berkeley Rep, role: Hedda
A Narrow Bed - Samuel French Acting edition, publication, play
1987
A Narrow Bed - New York Theater Workshop. New York, NY
A Narrow Bed - publication. Samuel French
National Endowment for the Arts--awardee
Awarded the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for A Narrow Bed
Playwright in Residence Fellowship at the Julliard School
Blue Window, Vermont Ensemble Theater, role: Alice
Sea Marks, Vermont Ensemble Theater, role: Timothea
Infinity’s House, commissioned and produced by The Juilliard School, NYC, directed by Richard Feldman
1986
A Narrow Bed - Eureka Theater. San Francisco, CA
Days and Nights Within - Organic Theater. Chicago, IL
Playwright in Residence Fellowship at the Julliard School
1985
Days and Nights Within - Winner of the Great American Play Contest
Days and Nights Within - Humana Festival, Actors' Theater of Louisville. Louisville, KY
A Narrow Bed - premiere. Actors' Theater of Louisville. Louisville, KY
Fen, by Caryl Churchill, Eureka Theater, CA. role: ensemble
Awarded membership to New Dramatists, NY, NY