Kristen Lazarian is an award-winning playwright based in Los Angeles who has had her full-length and short plays produced, workshopped and stage-read at many venues in L.A. including the Geffen Playhouse, Theatre 40, East-West Players, Theatre Geo, the Road Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre, 68 Cent Crew, and the Blank Theatre. Her plays have also been staged across the United States, including New York City. She has had productions internationally in Holland, England, Australia, and Canada. Her plays include Food & Drink, Push, Love Like Blue, Flesh & Tenderness, Inviting Karma, Sophisticated Barflies & Other Short Plays, and more.

In addition to writing plays, Kristen is a screenwriter. She wrote the screenplay for The Shift, based on the spiritual teachings of self-improvement pioneer Wayne Dyer (HayHouse). She served as a writer and script consultant for Tales of Everyday Magic, a HayHouse series. Kristen’s award winning play Push is in pre-production as a film.

Kristen headed up the Writers Workshop at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills, as well as being a writing member for many years. She is a member of the Dramatist Guild and the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. She is a past president of the International Center for Women Playwrights and she currently serves on the advisory board for ADAA.