Pia Wilson

Pia Wilson has been a Newark Creative Catalyst grant recipient, Traveling Master for Dramatist Guild Foundation, resident with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sundance fellow, and member of the 2008 Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater. Her plays have been produced by AD Players, Crossroads Theatre, Workspace Collective, Drew University, Adelphi University, Horse Trade Theater Group, and The Fire This Time play festival. Her fiction podcast, IF I GO MISSING THE WITCHES DID IT, starring Gabourey Sidibe, is available wherever you get your podcasts and was listed as one of the Best New Podcasts of 2021 by Variety and Mashable. In television, Pia was a staff writer for NatGeo’s GENIUS ARETHA and BET’s SACRIFICE.

Pia Wilson has been a Newark Creative Catalyst grant recipient, Traveling Master for Dramatist Guild Foundation, resident with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sundance fellow, and member of the 2008 Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater. Her plays have been produced by AD Players, Crossroads Theatre, Workspace Collective, Drew University, Adelphi University, Horse Trade Theater Group, and The Fire This Time play festival. Her fiction podcast, IF I GO MISSING THE WITCHES DID IT, starring Gabourey Sidibe, is available wherever you get your podcasts and was listed as one of the Best New Podcasts of 2021 by Variety and Mashable. In television, Pia was a staff writer for NatGeo’s GENIUS ARETHA and BET’s SACRIFICE.

Scripts

Iseult et Tristan

by Pia Wilson

Synopsis

A short adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult legend. In this telling of the story, Tristan is in the role of healer and Iseult is the warrior. Iseult and her sister, Margot are boxers, although Margot has quit the sport. Tristan, an orthopedic surgeon, is engaged to Margot. This short play is about who we are - body or soul.

A short adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult legend. In this telling of the story, Tristan is in the role of healer and Iseult is the warrior. Iseult and her sister, Margot are boxers, although Margot has quit the sport. Tristan, an orthopedic surgeon, is engaged to Margot. This short play is about who we are - body or soul.

TURNING THE GLASS AROUND

by Pia Wilson

Synopsis

TURNING THE GLASS AROUND tells the story of a first generation Korean-American named Philip Lee, who is struggling to cope with his father’s death — and an ensuing identity crisis. Who is he in the wake of his father’s death: Korean or American, a good son or loving husband, an American success story or a foreigner in his own country? Race, love, and the American Dream collide in this new play.

TURNING THE GLASS AROUND tells the story of a first generation Korean-American named Philip Lee, who is struggling to cope with his father’s death — and an ensuing identity crisis. Who is he in the wake of his father’s death: Korean or American, a good son or loving husband, an American success story or a foreigner in his own country? Race, love, and the American Dream collide in this new play.