Nicole Zimmerer

Nicole Zimmerer

NICOLE ZIMMERER (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate artist and activist with a deep-seated hatred
of stairs. She has received The Kennedy Center’s VSA Playwright Discovery Award and the
Betty Z. Rose and Anne J. Exline Presidential Fellowship. Recently, she was a 2023 Fellow for
RespectAbility’s Lab for Entertainers with Disabilities. She was a finalist for the Playwrights’
Center Core...
NICOLE ZIMMERER (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate artist and activist with a deep-seated hatred
of stairs. She has received The Kennedy Center’s VSA Playwright Discovery Award and the
Betty Z. Rose and Anne J. Exline Presidential Fellowship. Recently, she was a 2023 Fellow for
RespectAbility’s Lab for Entertainers with Disabilities. She was a finalist for the Playwrights’
Center Core Apprenticeship program. Her work has been shown in New York City, Chicago,
Sacramento, Pittsburgh, and DC. She is the host of the podcast Break a Leg! Disability in the
Arts. She holds a BFA in Playwriting and Dramaturgy from the University of Houston and an
MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University.

Plays

  • Blue Roses by Nicole Zimmerer
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: disability, family drama + 4 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: disability, family drama, LGBTQ+, beloved characters, Romantic, period 1950s
    In this incisive response to an American classic, Blue Roses glues together the pieces of Laura Wingfield's life, fifteen years later. Her mother is sick, her beau has proposed, and her brother Tom has shown up on her doorstep with dubious intentions and completely inaccurate memories. But when she receives an incredible job offer from an up-and-coming adman that could give her the future she’s always...
    In this incisive response to an American classic, Blue Roses glues together the pieces of Laura Wingfield's life, fifteen years later. Her mother is sick, her beau has proposed, and her brother Tom has shown up on her doorstep with dubious intentions and completely inaccurate memories. But when she receives an incredible job offer from an up-and-coming adman that could give her the future she’s always wanted, Laura is forced to confront the demons that linger from her past.
  • Cosmo St. Charles is Dead and Someone In This Room Killed Him by Nicole Zimmerer
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 3 more
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    Keyword: comedy, murder mystery + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, period
    Keyword: comedy, murder mystery, memory play, Farce, humor, LGBTQ+, absurd
    Help catch the killer! When world-renowned archeologist Cosmo St. Charles dies of unknown causes while hosting an out-of-character dinner party, it’s up to gritty private eye Mac Marlowe to uncover the truth and catch the killer.
  • Eat Your Heart Out by Nicole Zimmerer
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: disability, feminism + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: disability, feminism, Greek mythology, family, sexual assault
    In a world where mythological creatures and humans try to coexist in society, three siren sisters flee to Virginia and try to pass as humans and escape prosecution and evade Detective Fowler, a man who has hunted them for years.