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Lisa D'Amour

LISA D'AMOUR writes plays for theater and creates site-specific performances. She recently premiered Terrible Things, a dance-theater piece created with Katie Pearl and choreographer Emily Johnson, at PS122 in New York. Other recent projects include Swimming Cities Of Switchback Sea (a performance for a fleet of seven handmade boats on the Hudson River designed by SWOON) and Bird Eye Blue Print (created with Katie Pearl, for a vacant office in the World Financial Center, NYC). Lisa's work has been presented by theaters such as Salvage Vanguard, Infernal Bridegroom Productions, the Walker Arts Center, Crowded Fire Theater, Children's' Theater Company, Clubbed Thumb, HERE Arts Center, New Georges, and the Women's Project, and has been supported by the Jerome Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, NYSCA and the NEA/TCG Residency for Playwrights. She received an OBIE Award along with Katie Pearl and Kathy Randels for Nita & Zita, and received the Alpert Award in the Arts for theater in 2008. Lisa often collaborates with ArtSpot Productions in her hometown of New Orleans. She is a core alum of the Playwrights' Center and a recent alumna of New Dramatists. Lisa's latest creation with Katie Pearl, How to Build a Forest, premiered at The Kitchen, NYC. Lisa is a 2011 Pulitzer Finalist and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist for Detroit. That same year, she was awarded the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Playwright Award. (As of August 2012)

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Reviews
  • “A friendly suburban barbecue spirals into a delirious, dangerous bacchanal in the superb play DETROIT by Lisa D’Amour. A sharp X-ray of the embattled American psyche as well as a smart, tart critique of the country’s fraying social fabric, Ms. D’Amour’s dark comedy is as rich and addictively satisfying as a five-layer dip served up with a brimming bowl of tortilla chips.”

    — Charles Isherwood, New York Times (9/19/12) | Read Full Article
  • “5 STARS. SUPERBLY EXECUTED. Cascading, hilarious monologues with musical, juicy, idea-packed language. Anne Kauffman’s production unites an optimal cast and eerily vivid design. DETROIT has just moved in; I suggest you bring over a fruit basket or bottle of wine and hope it stays for a good long time.”

    — David Cote, Time Out NY | Read Full Article
More Reviews
  • “FUNNY AS HELL. Expertly written, directed and acted.”

    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Post
  • “Powerful and funny. Speaks to the fractious, frightened American moment more perceptively than any play I've seen on a New York stage.”

    — Charles Isherwood, New York Times (10/22/10) | Read Full Article
  • “Amy Ryan’s return to the New York stage could not be more welcome. David Schwimmer brings his signature air of quizzical geniality. Sarah Sokolovic, Darren Pettie, and John Cullum are excellent.”

    — Charles Isherwood, New York Times