My name is Lauren Gunderson and I've been writing for the theatre since I was 16. Noticed for my interpretation of science, feminism, and history onstage, I'm glad to have this space to share my work and my inspiration with you.

Please browse this site for information on all of my plays, screenplays, and short stories. Information on rights, commissions, teaching, published scripts and screenplays and more can be found on this site.

Many of my plays are great for school productions, have dense parts for women and minorities, and provide a unique theatricality that I know your theater, big or small, will enjoy.

Thank you for supporting and believing in theatre! Please contact me at lauren@laurengunderson.com.

*** Lauren's new play, EMILIE , was presented in a staged reading at this year's Pacific Playwrights Festival! May 2nd, 3pm at South Coast Repertory - directed by wonderful director Kate Whorisky! Check out the article on Playbill.com!

Lauren's Profile in the LA Times - "A LOT of my pieces are science- or history-based, so most of my creative development starts with research. I cram a lot of information into my brain and there's spillage that ends up on the page..."

" Act I: A playwright takes a first step to fame" - OC Register

"Pacific Playwrights to host a few history lessons" - LA Times article

Pacific Playwrights Fest throws 'Party' - Variety Article

Actors Katrina Lenk (C) and Daniel Blinkoff do a little dance as Emily Bergl reads from Lauren Gunderson's play "Emilie." Gunderson's play is getting a chance at the big time at SCR's new play festival. Paul Roderiguez, OC Register

******* Lauren adapted the award-winning children's book THE VAN GOGH CAFE (by Cynthia Rylant) with Synchronicity Performance Group. The premiere production will take place Apr 26 - May 18, 2008 - directed by the amazing Clint Thorton! Get tickets now!

(Design by lightdaughter.com )

*** Lauren's poem HOOK OF A NUMBER will be published June 1, 2008 in an anthology of poems about String Theory called RIFFING ON STRINGS. More soon.

******* Now touring the southeast and Bay area! Lauren's adaptation of Bill Bryson's acclaimed science history book A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING.

*** Lauren's play BACKGROUND was read to honor the late Dr. Ralph Alpher in New York City this past November 20th This reading is sponsored and hosted by The Graduate Center at City University of New York. More details here.

*** Lauren's play SHRAPNEL, a collection of political/activist short plays, premiered at Texas Lutheran University October 25-27th. More here.

*** Lauren was voted Best Local Playwright in Atlanta's SUNDAY PAPER.

*** Lauren will pursue her Masters Degree in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts starting this fall. She has also been recognized with the NYU Reynolds Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship that will let her develop her Arts-Activism work!

*** Lauren is featured in TWO Southern Theatre Magazine articles - one on the "Collision Project", The Alliance Theatre's new play project of which she was the playwright-in-residence in 2005; and one on Science Theatre.

***Lauren's short play MIDNIGHT BULLFIGHT was just awarded the Inner Voices Social Issues Playwriting Award.

***Lauren just received a commision from South Coast Rep in California for a new play! More info later...

*** Lauren's play EMBODY (formerly called EYE OF THE BEHELD) was just chosen as the winner of the Eric Bentley New Play Award with New Phoenix Theatre on the Park.

*** BABY M was read at Actors Express November 28th with great success! BABY M was read as part of The Magic Theatre's SCIENCE ON STAGE reading series in San Francisco September 14th. BABY M was also read by Kitchen Dog Theatre in Dallas, TX for this years Plays Under Progress Festival in June.

***Check Lauren's short play/short story MASS online at The Science Creative Quarterly!

***Check Lauren's article on science and theatre in UK based science journal THE SCIENTIST, online NOW!

*** Check out Lauren's article in BACKSTAGE about Actors/Playwrights! Also features Atlanta playwright/actor Suehyla El Attar!

*** BABY M was a finalist for the prestigious O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and Bay Area Playwrights Conferenece. BABY M was one of the top 17 scripts out of over 800 this year.

*** Lauren's play EYE OF THE BEHELD has been named an honorable mention in the Virtual Theatre Project's 2005 "The Pen is a Mighty Sword" Contest

*** DEFY YOU, STARS, Lauren's play written for The Alliance Theatre's Collision Project was a great success! Read more in the article in THE WEST GEORGIAN. And look for a publication in the near future.

Lauren Gunderson

*** Lauren's new play, EMILIE , was presented in a staged reading at this year's Pacific Playwrights Festival! May 2nd, 3pm at South Coast Repertory - directed by wonderful director Kate Whorisky! Check out the article on Playbill.com!

Lauren's Profile in the LA Times - "A LOT of my pieces are science- or history-based, so most of my creative development starts with research. I cram a lot of information into my brain and there's spillage that ends up on the page..."

" Act I: A playwright takes a first step to fame" - OC Register

"Pacific Playwrights to host a few history lessons" - LA Times article

Pacific Playwrights Fest throws 'Party' - Variety Article

Actors Katrina Lenk (C) and Daniel Blinkoff do a little dance as Emily Bergl reads from Lauren Gunderson's play "Emilie." Gunderson's play is getting a chance at the big time at SCR's new play festival. Paul Roderiguez, OC Register

******* Lauren adapted the award-winning children's book THE VAN GOGH CAFE (by Cynthia Rylant) with Synchronicity Performance Group. The premiere production will take place Apr 26 - May 18, 2008 - directed by the amazing Clint Thorton! Get tickets now!

(Design by lightdaughter.com )

*** Lauren's poem HOOK OF A NUMBER will be published June 1, 2008 in an anthology of poems about String Theory called RIFFING ON STRINGS. More soon.

******* Now touring the southeast and Bay area! Lauren's adaptation of Bill Bryson's acclaimed science history book A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING.

*** Lauren's play BACKGROUND was read to honor the late Dr. Ralph Alpher in New York City this past November 20th This reading is sponsored and hosted by The Graduate Center at City University of New York. More details here.

*** Lauren's play SHRAPNEL, a collection of political/activist short plays, premiered at Texas Lutheran University October 25-27th. More here.

*** Lauren was voted Best Local Playwright in Atlanta's SUNDAY PAPER.

*** Lauren will pursue her Masters Degree in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts starting this fall. She has also been recognized with the NYU Reynolds Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship that will let her develop her Arts-Activism work!

*** Lauren is featured in TWO Southern Theatre Magazine articles - one on the "Collision Project", The Alliance Theatre's new play project of which she was the playwright-in-residence in 2005; and one on Science Theatre.

***Lauren's short play MIDNIGHT BULLFIGHT was just awarded the Inner Voices Social Issues Playwriting Award.

***Lauren just received a commision from South Coast Rep in California for a new play! More info later...

******* Lauren's play EMBODY (formerly called EYE OF THE BEHELD) was just chosen as the winner of the Eric Bentley New Play Award with New Phoenix Theatre on the Park.

*** BABY M was read at Actors Express November 28th with great success! BABY M was read as part of The Magic Theatre's SCIENCE ON STAGE reading series in San Francisco September 14th. BABY M was also read by Kitchen Dog Theatre in Dallas, TX for this years Plays Under Progress Festival in June.

* Lauren's play EYE OF THE BEHELD has been named an honorable mention in the Virtual Theatre Project's 2005 "The Pen is a Mighty Sword" Contest**

For Lauren's book

Click here:

Lauren Gunderson

*** Lauren's new play, EMILIE , was presented in a staged reading at this year's Pacific Playwrights Festival! May 2nd, 3pm at South Coast Repertory - directed by wonderful director Kate Whorisky! Check out the article on Playbill.com!

Lauren's Profile in the LA Times - "A LOT of my pieces are science- or history-based, so most of my creative development starts with research. I cram a lot of information into my brain and there's spillage that ends up on the page..."

" Act I: A playwright takes a first step to fame" - OC Register

"Pacific Playwrights to host a few history lessons" - LA Times article

Pacific Playwrights Fest throws 'Party' - Variety Article

Actors Katrina Lenk (C) and Daniel Blinkoff do a little dance as Emily Bergl reads from Lauren Gunderson's play "Emilie." Gunderson's play is getting a chance at the big time at SCR's new play festival. Paul Roderiguez, OC Register

*** Lauren adapted the award-winning children's book THE VAN GOGH CAFE (by Cynthia Rylant) with Synchronicity Performance Group. The premiere production will take place Apr 26 - May 18, 2008 - directed by the amazing Clint Thorton! Get tickets now!

(Design by lightdaughter.com )

*** Lauren's poem HOOK OF A NUMBER will be published June 1, 2008 in an anthology of poems about String Theory called RIFFING ON STRINGS. More soon.

*** Now touring the southeast and Bay area! Lauren's adaptation of Bill Bryson's acclaimed science history book A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING.

*** Lauren's play BACKGROUND was read to honor the late Dr. Ralph Alpher in New York City this past November 20th This reading is sponsored and hosted by The Graduate Center at City University of New York. More details here.

*** Lauren's play SHRAPNEL, a collection of political/activist short plays, premiered at Texas Lutheran University October 25-27th. More here.

*** Lauren was voted Best Local Playwright in Atlanta's SUNDAY PAPER.

*** Lauren will pursue her Masters Degree in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts starting this fall. She has also been recognized with the NYU Reynolds Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship that will let her develop her Arts-Activism work!

*** Lauren is featured in TWO Southern Theatre Magazine articles - one on the "Collision Project", The Alliance Theatre's new play project of which she was the playwright-in-residence in 2005; and one on Science Theatre.

***Lauren's short play MIDNIGHT BULLFIGHT was just awarded the Inner Voices Social Issues Playwriting Award.

***Lauren just received a commision from South Coast Rep in California for a new play! More info later...

*** Lauren's play EMBODY (formerly called EYE OF THE BEHELD) was just chosen as the winner of the Eric Bentley New Play Award with New Phoenix Theatre on the Park.

*** BABY M was read at Actors Express November 28th with great success! BABY M was read as part of The Magic Theatre's SCIENCE ON STAGE reading series in San Francisco September 14th. BABY M was also read by Kitchen Dog Theatre in Dallas, TX for this years Plays Under Progress Festival in June.

*** Lauren's play EYE OF THE BEHELD has been named an honorable mention in the Virtual Theatre Project's 2005 "The Pen is a Mighty Sword" Contest

For Lauren's book

Click here:

******* Lauren adapted the award-winning children's book THE VAN GOGH CAFE (by Cynthia Rylant) with Synchronicity Performance Group. The premiere production will take place Apr 26 - May 18, 2008 - directed by the amazing Clint Thorton! Get tickets now!

******* Now touring the southeast and Bay area! Lauren's adaptation of Bill Bryson's acclaimed science history book A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING.

******* Lauren's play EMBODY (formerly called EYE OF THE BEHELD) was just chosen as the winner of the Eric Bentley New Play Award with New Phoenix Theatre on the Park.

* Lauren's play EYE OF THE BEHELD has been named an honorable mention in the Virtual Theatre Project's 2005 "The Pen is a Mighty Sword" Contest**