Marlane Meyer

Marlane Meyer lives in Hollywood, California. She’s been writing plays for thirty-five years. Her produced plays include Etta Jenks, The Geography of Luck, Kingfish, Moe’s Lucky Seven, The Mystery of Attraction and The Chemistry of Change, the latter for Playwrights Horizons. Her other productions include The Royal Court Theatre, The Public Theater, The Magic Theater, Steppenwolf Theater and others. She has also been a writer/producer for television.  These shows include “Nothing Sacred,” winner of a Peabody Award, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” She has also been a recipient of the Kesselring Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. (As of March 2013)

• “The play's six actors portray 17 characters with a gonzo intensity that's scary, funny, and exhilarating. Meyer manages to find delight, humor, and something lovable in even the vilest human beings.”

  — Brandon K. Thorp, Village Voice | Read Full Article

• “A dark fable about the power of true love and unshakable belief, rendered with wit, grit, and a stuffed raccoon. ”

  — Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News

• “Glimmering with possibility, disorienting and clever, Marlane Meyer's The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters handily demonstrates overindulgence in the High Weird style. Danny Wolohan is brilliant. I love a good Twin Peaks–style gumbo. ”

  — Helen Shaw, Time Out New York

• “A broad and surrealistic comedy about a David Lynch kind of town. ”

  — Jesse Oxfeld, The Observer

• “Veers between loopy, Christopher Durang-style comedy and a sincerely cockeyed love story. Screeching, snarling, and demented, Candy Buckley is hilarious. ”

  — Charles Isherwood, The New York Times