LAURA ZLATOS - RESUME

EDUCATION  
Columbia University, M.F.A. Playwriting
New York University, M.A. Performance Studies
New York University, B.F.A. Dramatic Writing
 
SELECTED PLAYS - FULL LENGTH  
     
SHOW TRIAL    
Reading Divadlo Bez zábradli & Prague Shakespeare (Prague, Czechia) dir. Tom Costello, 2023
Reading Rattlestick Theater | Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company dir. Tom Costello, 2022
Winner Humanities NY Action Grant 2022
Semifinalist Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2023
     
THE BLUE WHALE    
Reading Chapel Theatre | Piccolo  Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC) dir. Todd McNerney, 2023
Reading Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company  dir. Sherri Eden Barber, 2020
Winner Todd McNerney Playwriting Award 2022
Winner Marsha A. Croyle Award 2021
Winner BAC Community Arts Grant 2020
2nd Place Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights Award 2019
Finalist Seven Devils Playwrights Conference 2020
Semifinalist O’Neill Playwrights Conference 2020
     
THE EVEN MORE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF LAVINIA    
Reading HB Playwrights Theatre dir. Eric Tucker, 2019
Reading Crashbox Theater Company  dir. Sherri Eden Barber, 2017
Winner Women are Funny Prize 2020
Finalist Landing Theatre’s New American Voices Festival 2021
Finalist ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition 2019
     
HAPPILY AFTER EVER    
Production Bloomington Playwrights Project (Bloomington, IN) dir. Ivey Lowe, 2017
Production 59E59 Theaters | Ricochet Collective dir. Sherri Eden Barber, 2016
Production Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland) dir. Sherri Eden Barber, 2015
Production 59E59 Theaters | East to Edinburgh Festival dir. Sherri Eden Barber, 2015
Workshop Pershing Square Signature Center | Columbia Stages dir. Sherri Eden Barber, 2015
Reading Antipodes Theatre Company (Melbourne, Australia)   dir. Shamita Siva, 2020
Reading Downeaster Theatre (Lansing, MI)  2019
Winner Woodward/Newman Drama Award           2017
     
THE ENCHANTED REALM OF RENE MAGRITTE
   
(w/ T. Adamson, Blake Bishton, Simon de Carvalho, Matt Minnicino, & Emily Zemba) 
   
Production  Governors Island | Exquisite Corpse Company dir. Tess Howsam, 2016
     
EXPOSURE    
Production Gene Frankel Theatre | Next in Line Prod. & Invisible Wall Prod. dir. Devin Brain, 2015
     
SECESSION 2015    
(w/ Leah Barker, Blake Bishton, Simon de Carvalho, Matt Minnicino, & Alexis Roblan)     
Production Faux/Real Festival of Arts (New Orleans, LA) dir. Tess Howsam, 2015
Production Governors Island | Exquisite Corpse Company dir. Tess Howsam, 2015
     
THE WEIRD TREE    
(w/ Tingying Ma, Peter Petkovsek, & Jocelyn Shratter)     
Production  NY International Fringe Festival | Invisible Wall Productions dir. Peter Petkovsek, 2015
     
THREE HOURS    
Production HERE Arts Center | Exquisite Corpse Company  dir. Sharone Halevy, 2014
     
ODD.A.SEE    
(w/ Blake Bishton, Matt Minnicino, & Lavinia Roberts)     
Production Arts @ Renaissance | Exquisite Corpse Company dir. Tess Howsam, 2013
     
THE LIGHT IN THE REFRIGERATOR    
Production Hudson Guild Theater | Strawberry Theater Festival dir. Francesca Mantani Arkus, 2012
Reading Chameleon Theatre Circle (Burnsville, MD) 2012
Winner Chameleon Theatre New Play Contest 2012
Finalist Princess Grace Award     2012
Finalist The Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwrights’ Workshop 2012
Finalist Riva Shiner Comedy Award 2012
     
SELECTED PLAYS - SHORT / ONE ACT
     
THE EMPRESS OF JUPITER    
Production New Perspectives Theatre Company dir. Karin Crighton, 2021
Publication American Blues Theater | Ripped Festival (online) 2022
     
UNTITLED #3    
(w/ Matt Minnicino)     
Production CO Springs Arts Cntr. (Colorado Springs, CO) | ECC dir. Tess Howslam, 2016
     
CINÉMA VÉITÉ           
(w/ Matt Minnicino)     
Production Exquisite Corpse Company | 24 Hour Play Festival dir. Ran Xia, 2016
     
SEPTEMBER: ORANGE COUNTY    
Production The Flea Theater | Serials dir. Kristan Seemel, 2016
     
THE PILL    
Reading The Alternative Truth Project (La Crosse, WI)       2022
Reading Reproductive Freedom Festival  dir. Stacey Linnartz, 2016
Publication Short Plays on Reproductive Freedo 2019
     
THINGS I NEVER LEARNED IN PHYSICS    
Production Rattlestick Playwrights Theater | TheatreJam V dir. Dara Malina, 2015
     
ANIMAL KINGDOM    
Production Midwinter Madness Short Play Festival dir. Francesca Mantani Arkus, 2012
Reading Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, AK)     2011
Reading Locus Theater Company dir. dir. Kristin Parker , 2011
     
3 1/2 MINUTES    
Winner Writer’s Digest Writing Competition 2012
     
FAULT LINE    
Production Variations Theatre | American Avant-Garde Festival dir. Jamie Sellers, 2011
RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
     
Winner Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Fellow       2021-2022
Winner Orchard Project Greenhouse 2019 - 2020
Winner Exquisite Corpse Company Playwright in Residence 2012-2016
Finalist Playwrights' Center Core Writer Program 2016
Finalist Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellowship 2016/finalist
     
  TV / WEB
  Episodes 5 & 6 | Tuesday Nights | dir. Joe Bandelli (staring Tony-nominees Daphne Rubin-Vega & Michelle Wilson)