Olivia Lilley

Olivia Lilley is a screenwriter, director, playwright, and producer who came up in Chicago's DIY and Storefront Theatre scenes. She uses a devised process to create and develop her work that she's been honing since 2013. Olivia's projects often ransacks classics or non fiction with a collective and build a new story for the current moment. Olivia is the Artistic Director of Prop Thtr. She was the founding Artistic Director of The Runaways Lab Theatre (Voted Best New Theatre Company in the Chicago Reader's Best of 2014). She is a Board Member at The National New Play Network. Olivia’s feature screenplay “The Snowpeople” was selected for Full Spectrum Features Producers’ Lab 2020. She was selected for Broadway for All's Theatre Producers of Color: Commercial Producing 101 Inaugural cohort...

Olivia Lilley is a screenwriter, director, playwright, and producer who came up in Chicago's DIY and Storefront Theatre scenes. She uses a devised process to create and develop her work that she's been honing since 2013. Olivia's projects often ransacks classics or non fiction with a collective and build a new story for the current moment. Olivia is the Artistic Director of Prop Thtr. She was the founding Artistic Director of The Runaways Lab Theatre (Voted Best New Theatre Company in the Chicago Reader's Best of 2014). She is a Board Member at The National New Play Network. Olivia’s feature screenplay “The Snowpeople” was selected for Full Spectrum Features Producers’ Lab 2020. She was selected for Broadway for All's Theatre Producers of Color: Commercial Producing 101 Inaugural cohort. She's taught at DePaul's Theatre School, The Playwright's Center, Chicago Dramatists, and The Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. Olivia attended Carnegie Mellon School of Drama for Directing, and Interlochen Arts Academy for Music Composition. She is currently working on her MFA in Screenwriting from The University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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