Kara Lee Corthron

Discipline: Playwriting

Based In: New York, NY

Year at Millay: 2007

Awards/Honors: Award Winner, Otis L. Guernsey New Voices in the American Theatre Award, William Inge Theatre Festival, William Inge Center for the Arts, Independence, KS (2019); Artist-in-Residence, Cultural Diaspora Program, Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France (2018); Fellow, Theater, The Bogliasco Center, Bogliasco, Italy (2016); Fellow, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH (2016, 2013, 2011, 2009); Artist-in-Residence, Hawthornden Literary Retreat, Hawthornden Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland (2014); Fellow, Playwrights Lab, WP Theater, New York, NY (2012–2014); Participant, Play Group, Ars Nova, New York, NY (2010–2011).

Website: https://www.karaleecorthron.com/about-mee

Kara Lee Corthron is a playwright, author, and TV writer based in Los Angeles. Her full-length plays include AliceGraceAnon (New Georges), Holly Down in Heaven (Forum Theatre, DC area), Listen for the Light (Know Theatre of Cincinnati), Welcome to Fear City (CATF and Kansas City Rep, Kilroys’ List 2016), Etched in Skin on a Sunlit Night (InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia), What Are You Worth?, and Time and a Half. Kara is the author of the young-adult novels, The Truth of Right Now from Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse and Daughters of Jubilation from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.