Lisa is currently the Tow Foundation Writer-in-Residence with Ma-Yi Theater Company. Her play SUMO was produced by La Jolla Playhouse and Ma-Yi Theater Company in 2023 and won Broadway World San Diego's award for Best New Play. Their play Kairos is receiving an NNPN Rolling World Premiere this season with East West Players, Know Theatre of Cincinnati and Theatre Nova.
She was honored as a recipient of the 2020/21 PLAY LA Stage Raw/Humanitas Prize. The Wicked One (formerly known as The 626 Project) was a finalist for the Relentless Award, a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a finalist for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwrights Conference. Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin, a play she co-wrote with Chelsea Sutton, was nominated...
Lisa is currently the Tow Foundation Writer-in-Residence with Ma-Yi Theater Company. Her play SUMO was produced by La Jolla Playhouse and Ma-Yi Theater Company in 2023 and won Broadway World San Diego's award for Best New Play. Their play Kairos is receiving an NNPN Rolling World Premiere this season with East West Players, Know Theatre of Cincinnati and Theatre Nova.
She was honored as a recipient of the 2020/21 PLAY LA Stage Raw/Humanitas Prize. The Wicked One (formerly known as The 626 Project) was a finalist for the Relentless Award, a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a finalist for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwrights Conference. Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin, a play she co-wrote with Chelsea Sutton, was nominated for 7 Ovation Awards including Best Production (winner of 5).
Lisa's work has been developed/produced by La Jolla Playhouse, The New Group, The Geffen Playhouse, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Skylight Theatre, East West Players, Circle X, SCF @ Son of Semele, Playwrights’ Arena, Rogue Artists Ensemble, The Motor Company and Theatre of NOTE. They were a member of The Geffen Writers' Room as well as East West Players’ Playwrights Group, and were a Yaddo, Macdowell and Blue Mountain Center fellow. She co-directed and co-wrote Welcome to the Blumhouse Live, which was nominated for a 2021 Emmy.