Lydia R. Diamond

Lydia R. Diamond
Lydia R. Diamond’s award-winning plays include: Smart People, Stick Fly, Voyeurs de Venus, The Bluest Eye, The Gift Horse, Harriet Jacobs, The Inside and Stage Black. Theatres include: Arena Stage, Cort Theatre (Broadway), Chicago Dramatists, Company One, Congo Square, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Huntington, Jubilee, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, Lorraine Hansberry, McCarter, Mo’Olelo, MPAACT, New Vic, Playmakers Rep, Plowshares, Second Stage, Steppenwolf and TrueColors. Commissions include: Arena Stage, Steppenwolf (4), McCarter, Huntington, Center Stage, Victory Gardens and The Roundabout.
A recipient of many playwriting awards, Lydia was also an ’05/’06 W.E.B. Du Bois Institute non-resident Fellow, a 2007 TCG/NEA Playwright in Residence at Steppenwolf, an ’06/’07 Huntington Playwright Fellow and a 2012 Sundance Institute Playwright Lab Creative Advisor. She is a Board Member at Chicago Dramatists and a 2012/2013 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.
Lydia is an NU graduate (’91), has an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Pine Manor College and is 2013-14 Playwright in Residence at Arena Stage.
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Harriet Jacobs
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Harriet Jacobs
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s)
Harriet Jacobs is an inspiring look at a young woman’s fascinating journey from slavery to freedom.
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Smart People
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Smart People
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 2m
"...a sexy, serious, and very, very funny modern-day comedy of manners." - Variety
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Stick Fly
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Stick Fly
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 3m
“A MUST SEE. Fascinating. Arrestingly fresh.” - The Wall Street Journal
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Toni Stone
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Toni Stone
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 8m
About the first woman to go pro in the Negro League and featuring a bullpen of players crossing age, race and gender to portray all supporting roles, Toni Stone is a vibrant new play about staying in the game, playing hard, playing smart and playing your own way.
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Harriet Jacobs
Lydia R. Diamond
Full-Length Play, DramaHarriet Jacobs
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s)
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Smart People
Lydia R. Diamond
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedySmart People
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 2m
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Stick Fly
Lydia R. Diamond
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyStick Fly
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 3m
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Toni Stone
Lydia R. Diamond
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyToni Stone
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 8m