Leslye Headland

LESLYE HEADLAND is a Los Angeles-based playwright, screenwriter and director. B.F.A. in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Robert Moss Prize in Directing from Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Theatre: Bachelorette (Second Stage Uptown), Assistance and the rest of the Seven Deadly Plays series (IAMA Theatre Company). TV: “Terriers” on FX, created by Ted Griffin and Shawn Ryan. Film: she wrote and directed the adaptation of her play Bachelorette, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2012, and recently wrote a remake of About Last Night for Screen Gems and executive producer Will Gluck. (As of February 2012)

• “4 of 5 stars. A KNOCKOUT. Fast-paced, gutsy and good-looking. A welcome follow-up to Bachelorette. Leslye Headland’s observant dialogue crackles with biting humor and truth. The cast is superfine. Assistance rises effortlessly. ”

  — NY Daily News

• “4 of 5 stars. VICIOUSLY FUNNY. The fine actors in ASSISTANCE are dream hires: not only the town’s funniest, but also the hardest working. Leslye Headland is a puckish weaver of sharp, pinging dialogue, a modern-day screwball patter, choreographing bravura bursts of phone activity, during which characters take calls, transfer, coordinate itineraries, all the while navigating personal drama and office vendettas. ”

  — David Cote, Time Out New York

• “3 ½ out of 4 stars. Leslye Headland unleashes A RAPID-FIRE COMIC BLITZKRIEG with a spot-on ear for the way 20-somethings relate to each other. Under the speedy direction of Trip Cullman, the top-notch cast masters these characters. ”

  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, NY Post