Simon J.O. Martin

Simon J.O. Martin is a queer theatre-maker living in Los Angeles, CA. They hold a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Playwriting and Directing from the University of California, San Diego. Their plays include "Weirdo, or (Make Nice)" (The Larking House '23, UCSD Winter NPF '20, Cal Lutheran '19), "LORD" (Quarantine Bake-Off '20 Noted Work), and "Fruit Fly, or (Adam, Eve, & Steve)" (Horizon New South YPF '19 - Excerpted Reading). Some writers they look up to is Annie Baker, Yorgos Lanthimos, and John Waters. Their favorite play is "Homos, or Everyone in America" by Jordan Seavey.

Simon J.O. Martin is a queer theatre-maker living in Los Angeles, CA. They hold a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Playwriting and Directing from the University of California, San Diego. Their plays include "Weirdo, or (Make Nice)" (The Larking House '23, UCSD Winter NPF '20, Cal Lutheran '19), "LORD" (Quarantine Bake-Off '20 Noted Work), and "Fruit Fly, or (Adam, Eve, & Steve)" (Horizon New South YPF '19 - Excerpted Reading). Some writers they look up to is Annie Baker, Yorgos Lanthimos, and John Waters. Their favorite play is "Homos, or Everyone in America" by Jordan Seavey.

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