andrea lepcio

COURSES TAUGHT:
Writing Workshop: Dramatic Action 
Writing Workshop: Dramatic Action Section Two
Writing Workshop: Core Skills
WRITING WORKSHOP I
WRITING WORKSHOP II
PLAYS IN PROGRESS Mentor

“I like all sorts of plays and will be happy to work with you if you feel drawn to me. I am strong on structure and character-driven action whether in a realistic or non-realistic, linear or non-linear play. I ask questions to provoke deep exploration. ”

Interests: theatrical, provocative, social/political, diverse, science-based

ANDREA LEPCIO is best known for Looking for the Pony, a finalist for the Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award and for the NEA Outstanding New American Play Award.  It was presented in a "Rolling World Premiere" Off-Broadway at Vital Theatre Company in New York and Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta and subsequent productions.  Upcoming production of Strait of Gibraltar at American Stage in Florida in May 2018. Recent productions include Strait of Gibraltar at Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta, Tunnel Vision at Off the Wall in Pittsburgh and Venus Theatre in Maryland, and Dinner at Home between Deaths at Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. Additional Plays and musicals under development include World Avoided (EST/Sloan Commission), Central Avenue Breakdown (FwdTheatre) and Life & Times (Music Theatre Factory).  Andrea is a member of the Dramatists Guild, was a Dramatists Guild Fellow and served as the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program Director for ten years. M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing, Carnegie Mellon University.  B.A. Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic. She lives in Maine, which means she travels often.