Audra Lord

Audra Lord

Audra Lord is a Seattle-based playwright with roots in Detroit theatre and a checkered past in acting. Her original work has been staged at theatres in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. As a writer, Audra is interested in exploring intersections between language, culture and identity; writing for devised and site-specific theatre; and using language in heightened, stylized, or innovative ways...
Audra Lord is a Seattle-based playwright with roots in Detroit theatre and a checkered past in acting. Her original work has been staged at theatres in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. As a writer, Audra is interested in exploring intersections between language, culture and identity; writing for devised and site-specific theatre; and using language in heightened, stylized, or innovative ways. Recently, Audra was honored with a Hedgebrook Writer’s Residency. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Plays

  • Fugue by Audra Lord
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: memory, trans woman + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: memory, trans woman, family trauma
    How does memory shape identity? In a blank institutional space, James, Julie, Tina and Princess Stephanie recover from a shared tragic event that resulted in the complete loss of their memories. The play follows their attempts to remember, to forget, and to piece together their shared and individual identities.

    “Memory is a funny bird, isn’t it? There’s something in it that defies...
    How does memory shape identity? In a blank institutional space, James, Julie, Tina and Princess Stephanie recover from a shared tragic event that resulted in the complete loss of their memories. The play follows their attempts to remember, to forget, and to piece together their shared and individual identities.

    “Memory is a funny bird, isn’t it? There’s something in it that defies intellectual analysis. Like muscle memory, or God, either it’s there, or it isn’t, and you can grasp at it all you want, but the real test is about what comes when you’re not struggling for it. What happens when you just sit still? That’s what’s interesting to me.”
    (PRINCESS STEPHANIE, Fugue)
  • fall 낙하 by Audra Lord
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Korean, immigration + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Korean, immigration, suicide, asian, Asian American
    A parent's suicide is the backdrop for this exploration of identity, isolation and integration in a family of Korean immigrants.
  • This is not the end by Audra Lord
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Dystopian, artificial intelligence + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, science fiction
    Keyword: Dystopian, artificial intelligence, Survival, sci-fi, the end of the world
    “I just hope you never forget. To look up.” At Brio Shelter and Resort, spacious lounges, fitness centers and sleek bars are engineered to withstand the worst that man or nature can dish out. But does this underground haven harbor victims, or survivors? Which side of the door would you rather be on?

  • Time, MT by Audra Lord
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Alzheimer's, mother with Alzheimer's
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Alzheimer's, mother with Alzheimer's
    Memory, decline, and the ghost towns of Montana.