Raised in Seattle by native New Yorkers, Wendy Herlich grew up accustomed to having a foot in two worlds. Her plays include Wasabia, Territory 4, Played in China, her Awkward Romance series (An Evening of Awkward Romance, Another Evening of Awkward Romance, and Awkward Romance: The Third Evening), and FAULTY: HITCH. Her work has been performed and read at Centenary Stage Company, Arts Fort Worth, The New York International Fringe Festival, The Tank, The Barrow Group mainstage, TBG Arts Center, and the PIT.
Wasabia won the 2024 Susan Glaspell Award, and Played in China was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Another Evening of Awkward Romance and Awkward Romance: The Third Evening were selected by Indie Theater Now for publication as part of their...
Raised in Seattle by native New Yorkers, Wendy Herlich grew up accustomed to having a foot in two worlds. Her plays include Wasabia, Territory 4, Played in China, her Awkward Romance series (An Evening of Awkward Romance, Another Evening of Awkward Romance, and Awkward Romance: The Third Evening), and FAULTY: HITCH. Her work has been performed and read at Centenary Stage Company, Arts Fort Worth, The New York International Fringe Festival, The Tank, The Barrow Group mainstage, TBG Arts Center, and the PIT.
Wasabia won the 2024 Susan Glaspell Award, and Played in China was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Another Evening of Awkward Romance and Awkward Romance: The Third Evening were selected by Indie Theater Now for publication as part of their FringeNYC Fringe Collection.
Wendy is also a fiction writer; her short story "Silence Is Golden" received a special mention in the 2019 Pushcart Anthology and was a finalist in the Mississippi Review's annual contest. Other short fiction has appeared in The Laurel Review, the Berkeley Fiction Review, and the Hawaii Review.
As an Equity actor and improviser, she has performed regionally and internationally. She currently calls the Philly area home, where she lives with her husband and daughter.