Colin McLaughlin is a playwright, musician, actor, and teaching artist. His plays seek to remind audiences of their people-power and urge them to utilize it to create positive social change. Much of his work focuses on social and economic justice, poverty, racism, and labor history. His first play The Cure was produced by Open Arenas Productions in Richmond, Virginia, and his play Most Real was featured in the 2016 Spectrum New Play Festival. From 2017-2021 he was the musical director and collective writing facilitator for Bread and Roses Missouri's Workers’ Opera, a devised theater project partnering with St. Louis organized labor,, and in November 2019, his play Jailbird debuted at the Missouri History Museum. Colin also served as the musical director for Bread & Roses Missouri’s 8 part...
Colin McLaughlin is a playwright, musician, actor, and teaching artist. His plays seek to remind audiences of their people-power and urge them to utilize it to create positive social change. Much of his work focuses on social and economic justice, poverty, racism, and labor history. His first play The Cure was produced by Open Arenas Productions in Richmond, Virginia, and his play Most Real was featured in the 2016 Spectrum New Play Festival. From 2017-2021 he was the musical director and collective writing facilitator for Bread and Roses Missouri's Workers’ Opera, a devised theater project partnering with St. Louis organized labor,, and in November 2019, his play Jailbird debuted at the Missouri History Museum. Colin also served as the musical director for Bread & Roses Missouri’s 8 part audio play Mrs. Palmer’s Honey, composing and recording a score of original jazz music. His play Real Talk, a one woman show written for Kathryn Bentley, was featured in the 2021 COCAwrites New Work Festival. His next play ACTION will premiere in December of 2022, produced by The Action Art Collaborative in partnership with The Divided City Initiative through Washington University in St. Louis.