Lyra Nalan
Lyra Nalan is a China-born playwright based in the East Coast. She is a recipient of the Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, Miranda Theatre Playwrights Grant, and Horticultural Playwrights Workshop Fellowship. Recently she is nominated for NNPN's Smith Prize for Political Theatre. In 2021, she was nominated for Susan Blackburn Smith Prize. In 2019, she was a finalist for Playwrights' Center...
Lyra Nalan is a China-born playwright based in the East Coast. She is a recipient of the Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, Miranda Theatre Playwrights Grant, and Horticultural Playwrights Workshop Fellowship. Recently she is nominated for NNPN's Smith Prize for Political Theatre. In 2021, she was nominated for Susan Blackburn Smith Prize. In 2019, she was a finalist for Playwrights' Center Core Apprenticeship, and semi-finalist for O’Neil National Playwrights Conference. Her work had been developed and showcased at the Kennedy Center, Cherry Lane Theatre, Round House Theatre, Spooky Action Theatre, Miranda Theatre, Avant Bard Theatre, Tradewind Arts, Three Cats Productions, and more. She's currently under commission from Adventure Theatre MTC and Silk Road Rising Theatre. received her MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University.