Laurie Allen is a West Texas playwright with 9 books of plays and scenes published for young adults. Book titles include Power Plays, Acting Duets for Young Women, Comedy Scenes for Student Actors and 22 Comedy Ten-Minute Plays. Her timely collection of powerful monologues, Quaran-TEENS, Dramatic Teen perspectives On The Pandemic was released in 2021 by Pioneer Drama Service. Her ten-minute play, Go to the Light, was published in The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2021 by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. Also, her one-act play, This Is Not A Drill, was recently published by Next Stage Press. Laurie has plays published by Smith & Kraus, Brooklyn Publishers, Eldridge Publishers, Next Stage Press, Off the Wall Plays and Original Works Publishing. Her plays have been produced at Barrington Stage Company, Lakeshore Players Theatre, Nylon Fusion Theatre Company, West Coast Players, Towne Street Theatre, The Actors Studio of Newburyport, Phoenix Stage Company, Manhattan Community College, West Coast Players, Springfield Theatre Center, Reno Little Theatre and elsewhere. Laurie’s works include a wide spectrum of interests from comedy to intense drama with noted popularity for teens and young adults. Laurie is a member of the Dramatists Guild. For more information, visit www.laurie-allen.com