Lindsey Brown
Playwright
Lindsey Brown is a New Zealand writer whose passion for the performing arts started at a young age. Initially a keen musical theatre and improv performer, she then moved into the world of writing. She obtained a Masters of Scriptwriting from Auckland University of Technology, and since then hasn’t looked back. Lindsey has had pieces performed around the world, including London, New York, Hollywood, Florida, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Sydney, Dubai, Queenstown and Auckland. Successes to date include being the winner of Mixing It Up Productions New York One Act Competition 2022, 2020 recipient of the PANZ Outstanding Achievement Award, winner of the 2021 Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival, California, and winner of Show Off 2022 for Camino Real Playhouse, California. Lindsey often favours comedy in her writing, believing that when we laugh, we are most open to learn. It’s also more fun to write! Her plays contain strong roles for women that like to challenge those themes that are universal to us all.
Highlights
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
Dramatists Guild of America
Playwrights Association of New Zealand
The Playwrights Centre Minneapolis
HONORS / AWARDS
2020 Playwrights Association of New Zealand Outstanding Achievement Award
SELECTED PLAYS –
A Lovely Day to Kill Your Spouse
Season at Centre for the Arts, Bonita Springs, Florida (Oct 2022)
Upcoming Season at Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, New York (June 2023)
Concert Reading with Purple Rose Theatre, Michigan (Sept 2022)
Semifinalist, Screencraft Stage Play Competition 2023
Bridal Shop Confessions
Season at Dolphin Theatre, Auckland, NZ (April 2022)
Finalist, Playfest Santa Barbara 2021
A Lovely Day for a Boating Trip
Winner, New Works Festival Long Beach Playhouse, California (2022)
Staged Reading, Aston Rep Theatre New Works Series, Chicago (2022)
A Lovely Day for a Boating Trip (and to kill your spouse)
Winner, Central PA Theatre and Dance festival 4th Annual Playwriting competition, Pennsylvania (2021)
Winner, Galaxy Theatre One Act Competition 2022, Chicago
Winner, The Chameleon Theatre Circle's 22nd Annual New Play Contest in Minnesota, US (2021)
2nd Place, 43rd Annual Dubuque County Fine Arts Players National One Act Playwriting Competition, Iowa (2021)
2nd place, 2021 Frostburg Center for Literary Arts One-Act Play Competition, Maryland US
Finalist, Shawnee Original Playwrights Series (2021)
A Lovely Day for a Boating Trip (and to escape your own wedding)
Selected for Bareboards 2022 Plays in the Spotlight, Cronulla, Australia (2022)
Winner, Mixing it Up Production One Act Competition, New York
Semifinalist, Patchwork Play Festival, Eclectic Theatre Company, Chicago
Upcoming Season, Dolphin One Act Festival 2023. April 2023.
Timber
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro Summer Shorts Festival 2021, Kentucky
Shortlisted, Act Your Age Theatre New Writing Showcase, Manchester (2020)
Selected for Bareboards 2022 Plays in the Spotlight, Cronulla, Australia (2022)
A Safe Love
Theatre Southwest Festival of Originals, Houston (2020)
Staged Reading, Pittsburgh New Works festival 2019
2nd Annual Crafton Hills New Works Festival, California (2021)
Unreasonable Situations
Short and Sweet Dubai, Short and Sweet Perth and Grand Finalist Short and Sweet Sydney, 2022
Selected for and performed at 2023 8 Tens @ 8 Festival, Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre, California
Winner, Queenstown Pint Sized Festival 2021
Arts Centre Bonita Stage It 10 Minute Play Competition, Florida (2020)
Spark Creative Women's Writing Festival 2020-2021, New York
Parent Teacher Interviews
Selected for Publication with Smith and Kraus Best 10 Minute Plays for 2022
Brockports Festival of Ten XII, New York (2021)
Finalist, Stagedoor Productions Virginia One Act Festival 2021
Finalist, 2023 8 Tens @ 8 Festival, Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre, California
2nd place, Weathervane Playhouse 8 x 10 festival 2020
The Last Deck Chair in the Resort
Winner, Show Off 2022 Camino Real Playhouse, California
North Park Playwright Festival, San Diego, California (2022)
Shortlisted, Arts Centre Bonita Stage it 10 Minute Play Competition, Florida (2021)
Carrollwood Players One Act Festival 2021, Florida
Ten Minute Taste Festival 2021 by the 4208 group, Washington
Runner up, Durango Arts 1O Minute Festival, Colorado (2020)
Theatreworks Summer Shorts, Owensboro, Kentucky (2020)
10 Minute Play Festival, Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Catskills, New York,
Margot’s Bench
Grand Finalist Short and Sweet Festival Sydney 2019
Short and Sweet Hollywood 2019
Finalist, Hear Me Out Monologue Competition, US, 2022.
Queenstown Pint Sized Plays Competition 2019
Namaste
Selected for Hindsight 2022 Short Play Festival, Left Edge Theatre, Santa Rosa, California (2022)
2nd Place, Pint Sized Festival, Queenstown (2022)