Laura Thoma (she/her) is an award-winning playwright and theatremaker originally from Tidewater, Virginia, who first fell in love with the art of storytelling through classical ballet. When the first half of her career as a dancer and choreographer ended abruptly due to injury, she found herself drawn to the page. Laura is thrilled to have found her way back to her sacred space of theatre through writing.
Laura is an alum of the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive, the National Playwrights’ Symposium, The Desert Playwrights Retreat, and THE OUTRAGE: A Queer Writers’ Residency. She is a Dramatist Guild Institute of Dramatic Writing graduate and cofounder of Shoreline Playwrights, a partnership that develops new work.
AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2024 Recipient GreenStage Guilford Artists...
Laura Thoma (she/her) is an award-winning playwright and theatremaker originally from Tidewater, Virginia, who first fell in love with the art of storytelling through classical ballet. When the first half of her career as a dancer and choreographer ended abruptly due to injury, she found herself drawn to the page. Laura is thrilled to have found her way back to her sacred space of theatre through writing.
Laura is an alum of the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive, the National Playwrights’ Symposium, The Desert Playwrights Retreat, and THE OUTRAGE: A Queer Writers’ Residency. She is a Dramatist Guild Institute of Dramatic Writing graduate and cofounder of Shoreline Playwrights, a partnership that develops new work.
AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2024 Recipient GreenStage Guilford Artists Grant in Drama "Letter to My Soul"
2023 Semi-Finalist Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellows Program "Magpie"
2022 18 Awards globally for monologue turned short film "Me, Myself, and I"
2022 Honorable Mention - Chestnut Street Playhouse Playwrights Festival "Writers Block"
2022 Honorable Mention - Writer's Digest Annual Writers Competition "Cafe Guru"
2021 Finalist - Chestnut Street Playhouse Playwrights Festival "Magpie"