Ajitha L. Reddy is a playwright residing in Chicago, Illinois.
Her play SITA BURNING was named a finalist for both the 2023 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and the 2025 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.
“The readers who spent time with SITA BURNING praised Ajitha’s remarkable ability to weave beautiful images and magical realism with witty dialogue to explore themes of womanhood and connection to the earth. They affirmed that the poetic and vivid language of the piece would stay with them long after reading. We are honored to put our enthusiastic support behind this writer and their ongoing contributions to the American theater.”
—Helena Pennington, Literary Manager, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and Rebecca Rovezzi, Artistic Associate, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center...
Ajitha L. Reddy is a playwright residing in Chicago, Illinois.
Her play SITA BURNING was named a finalist for both the 2023 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and the 2025 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.
“The readers who spent time with SITA BURNING praised Ajitha’s remarkable ability to weave beautiful images and magical realism with witty dialogue to explore themes of womanhood and connection to the earth. They affirmed that the poetic and vivid language of the piece would stay with them long after reading. We are honored to put our enthusiastic support behind this writer and their ongoing contributions to the American theater.”
—Helena Pennington, Literary Manager, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and Rebecca Rovezzi, Artistic Associate, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
THE RETURN was published in Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft, 5th Edition by Janet Burroway (2023).
IN THE NEXT LIFE was selected as a finalist for the 2025 Schreiber Shorts Festival in New York City.
OPEN HOUSE had a staged reading at Chicago Dramatists’ New Play Fest in September 2025.