Bio

Lauren Davenport is a queer playwright and dramaturg living and working in the Philadelphia region. Her work has been produced and read in Philadelphia, Chicago, San Diego, West Chester, and Buffalo. They are a member of the Dramatists Guild, LMDA, and currently works with Philadelphia Theatre Company. She was a 2009-10 recipient for a Rose O’Neill Literary House Fellowship, a finalist for the 2023-24 Virtual National Fellows Program with the Dramatists Guild Foundation, a semi-finalist for both the 2024 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and a finalist in 2014 for the Sue Winge Playwriting Award. They received their MA in Theatre from Villanova University and her BA in English Literature, Theatre, and Creative Writing from Washington College.