Leigh Curran is a female writer/performer and from 1991-2013 was the Founder/Artistic Director of the Virginia Avenue Project, a non-profit using long term Theatre Arts mentoring to give underserved children life skills. Leigh began her career as an actress appearing on, off and way off Broadway, on TV and in films. In 1978 she began writing plays. Her first, "The Lunch Girls," was directed by Arvin Brown at the Long Wharf Theatre and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. It was later produced Off-Off Broadway with Stuart Ross directing. "Alterations" was produced at the WPA Theatre Off-Broadway, directed by Austin Pendleton and featured Cynthia Nixon and Gretchen Cryer. "Walking the Blonde" was directed by Paul Benedict at Circle Rep at and later by Leonard Foglia at La...
Leigh Curran is a female writer/performer and from 1991-2013 was the Founder/Artistic Director of the Virginia Avenue Project, a non-profit using long term Theatre Arts mentoring to give underserved children life skills. Leigh began her career as an actress appearing on, off and way off Broadway, on TV and in films. In 1978 she began writing plays. Her first, "The Lunch Girls," was directed by Arvin Brown at the Long Wharf Theatre and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. It was later produced Off-Off Broadway with Stuart Ross directing. "Alterations" was produced at the WPA Theatre Off-Broadway, directed by Austin Pendleton and featured Cynthia Nixon and Gretchen Cryer. "Walking the Blonde" was directed by Paul Benedict at Circle Rep at and later by Leonard Foglia at La Mama in NYC. Leigh’s solo show, “Why Water Falls” was produced in LA and NYC in 2015/16 directed by Mary Pat Gleason. Her first novel, "Going Nowhere Sideways," was published by Fithian Press. Her one-acts have been produced in nationally and internationally. In 2019 her play,“Body Beautiful” was workshopped at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood. In 2024, her most recent endeavor, Cucumber Sandwiches, enjoyed readings in the Great Barrington Public Theater's New Play Reading Festival as well a reading at the Manhattan Theatre Club Studios in NYC.