Kira Rockwell
Kira Rockwell is a Boston-based playwright from the heart of Texas. She is the recipient of the 2019 Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, Runner-Up for the 2019 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting/ Fellowship with New Dramatists, Second Place recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Semi-finalist for The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Finalist for the 2020 O’Neill Conference, among...
Kira Rockwell is a Boston-based playwright from the heart of Texas. She is the recipient of the 2019 Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, Runner-Up for the 2019 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting/ Fellowship with New Dramatists, Second Place recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Semi-finalist for The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Finalist for the 2020 O’Neill Conference, among others. Her work has been supported by the National New Play Network, the Kennedy Center, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Fresh Ink Theatre, Third Culture Theatre, On The Verge Summer Rep, Boston Center for the Arts, and more. Currently she is under commission by Moonbox productions, developing a play about C**ck-Fil-A. Kira received her BFA in Theatre Performance from Baylor University and MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. Her acclaimed neurodivergent love story WITH MY EYES SHUT is now available through Original Works Publishing. As an educator, Rockwell has taught playwriting at Wheaton College, Boston University, Hyde Square Task Force, and the Methodist Children’s Home. Currently, she teaches at GrubStreet– the beloved creative writing center in Boston.
ON THE HORIZON: 2021 World Premiere of OH, TO BE PURE AGAIN at Actor's Express in Atlanta, GA