Lolly Ward

Lolly Ward came west to attend Stanford University, where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in English and Creative Writing. As a member of The Actors’ Gang, she originated roles in Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, toured nationally and internationally, and acted in the stage and film versions of Embedded at the Public Theater. Locally, she is proud to be the cofounder and director of LineStorm Playwrights. Her writing often draws connections between astounding women from history and modern tensions. Her plays tackle chess, physics, income inequality, inheritance, and performance art. She has served as a dramaturg and judge for the Mach 33 festival of new science-driven plays and won the Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowship for Gone. With LineStorm, she edited a collection of outdoor plays for Applause Books titled Go Play Outside. She is currently developing the musical Cessair with Holly Richards. Read her work on the New Play Exchange.