Bio

Mallory Jane Weiss is a NYC-based playwright whose work primarily spirals around female stories, especially as they relate to sexuality, friendship, education, and privilege. Select plays include PONY UP (Princess Grace Finalist, 2019; The New School, 2019), LOSING YOU, WHICH IS ENOUGH (workshop readings at The Lark and Cherry Lane Theatre), A&Z’S ESCAPADES IN MOONSTRUCK CITY (Cutting Ball Theatre Variety Pack Finalist, 2019; The New School, 2018), DAVE AND JULIA ARE STUCK IN A TREE (Playing on Air’s James Stevenson Prize 2020), and HOWL FROM UP HIGH (Gingold Theatrical Group). Mallory is an alumna of Gingold Theatrical Group’s Speakers Corner writers’ group and Fresh Ground Pepper’s BRB Retreat. She is currently developing a play as a finalist for the 2020 Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission (BIG BLACK SUNHATS). Additionally, Mallory works as a teacher/teaching artist, a copywriter, and a cycling instructor.

BA: Harvard University, MFA: The New School. www.malloryjaneweiss.com