As a queer woman, Madison is especially interested in seeking out and creating art that amplifies and uplifts her community. Madison was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where she is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She aspires to live in a swamp under a log, cackling and asking riddles of passers-by.
Madison graduated cum laude from Knox College with a BA in Creative Writing in 2015. She received additional college honors for adapting and directing a stage version of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded"--considered by many to be the first true novel in the English canon. Madison directed a staged reading of her play "The Lindworm" for Portland's Fertile Ground Festival in January 2019. "The Lindworm"...
As a queer woman, Madison is especially interested in seeking out and creating art that amplifies and uplifts her community. Madison was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where she is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She aspires to live in a swamp under a log, cackling and asking riddles of passers-by.
Madison graduated cum laude from Knox College with a BA in Creative Writing in 2015. She received additional college honors for adapting and directing a stage version of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela, or, Virtue Rewarded"--considered by many to be the first true novel in the English canon. Madison directed a staged reading of her play "The Lindworm" for Portland's Fertile Ground Festival in January 2019. "The Lindworm" was then produced in staged reading for Knox College's New Plays Festival in May of the same year. Madison's newest play (and first play written specifically for young actors), "The Search for Izzy Cartwright, or, Escape from the Forest of Mind-Control Slime!", premiered at the New School for the Arts and Academics in Tempe, AZ in May of 2021.
In addition to playwriting and directing, Madison works as a stage manager--recent credits include "Fire and Meat" by Eve Johnstone (Rutabaga Story Co.) for which she was nominated for a Spotlight Award, and "Trash Diggers" by Stephanie Woods (Rutabaga/Portal Productions).