Jenny Lyn Bader

Jenny Lyn Bader is a playwright and author. Her plays include Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (Luna Stage), Equally Divine (Theatre at the 14th St. Y), In Flight (Turn to Flesh Productions), and None of the Above (New Georges). One-acts include Beta Testing (Symphony Space), Worldness (Humana Festival of New American Plays), and Miss America (NY International Fringe Festival, “Best of Fringe” selection). She has received the “Best Documentary One-Woman Show” Award (United Solo); Athena Playwriting Fellowship; Randall Wreghitt Award, and the O’Neill Center’s Edith Oliver Award for a playwright who has, in the spirit of the late New Yorker critic, “a caustic wit that deflates the ego but does not unduly damage the human spirit.” Jenny Lyn co-founded Theatre 167 —recipient of the Caffè Cino Award (NY Innovative Theatre Foundation) — where she co-authored The Jackson Heights Trilogy, featuring 37 actors playing 93 multicultural roles. Her audio play The International Local is featured on the “Subway Plays” app. Recent work includes Guru of Touch (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), A Wonderful Stroke of Luck (Heroes & Villains monologues, Urban Stages), My First Time (Voting Writes Project), and Strange Happenings at the School Library (co-author, with Martine Sainvil) (Luna Stage). A Harvard graduate, she has been a Lark Playwriting Fellow (nominated by Wendy Wasserstein) and a frequent contributor to the New York Times “Week in Review.” Her plays have been published by Dramatists Play Service, Vintage, Smith & Kraus, Applause, and Plays International + Europe magazine. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Authors Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, Playwrights Gallery, and Honor Roll. For more, visit www.jennylynbader.com.