Talisa Friedman
Talisa is the author of several plays and screenplays. Her most recent work, WHO BY FIRE, won the 2021 National Jewish Playwriting Competition and was one of three finalists for Monumental Theater’s New Work Series at the Kennedy Center. She is also an actress and singer, and has appeared at The Old Globe, Arena Stage, the A.R.T., and on TV and film.
Originally from Washington, DC, she spent...
Talisa is the author of several plays and screenplays. Her most recent work, WHO BY FIRE, won the 2021 National Jewish Playwriting Competition and was one of three finalists for Monumental Theater’s New Work Series at the Kennedy Center. She is also an actress and singer, and has appeared at The Old Globe, Arena Stage, the A.R.T., and on TV and film.
Originally from Washington, DC, she spent formative years of her childhood in Pretoria, South Africa. She majored in English at Harvard, where she was awarded the Jonathan Levy Prize for Acting, the David McCord Prize for the Arts, and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the Signet Society of Arts & Letters. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.