LISA KENNER GRISSOM

Lisa Kenner Grissom is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and book writer whose work explores dynamic social issues, often through a female lens. She’s known for creating multi-layered characters, exploring the complexity of human emotions, and finding levity in discomfort. Selected full-length plays: HERE COMES THE NIGHT (Critically-acclaimed World Premiere production, Moving Arts Theatre; Semi-Finalist: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference; BAPF; Princess Grace; Winner: Award for Excellence in Writing, SheLA/NYC Arts); FOUR CHAMBERS (Winner: Jean Kennedy Smith Award; O’Neill Finalist); MOTHERLAND (Jewish Plays Project Finalist). She has been a finalist for the Ashland New Play Festival, O’Neill, Lark, Playwrights’ Center, Princess Grace Fellowship, and The Heideman Award. Lisa also wrote/produced the award-winning short film, TATTOO YOU, based on her published one-act, which has been screened at 15+ film festivals nationally and internationally. A two-time O’Neill Kennedy Center Fellow, Lisa’s work has been developed/produced across the country. Since visiting Vilnius, Lithuania in 2019, Lisa has embarked on several projects including FOLLOWING FANIA, a documentary about the role of Jewish female resistance fighters, which closely aligns with the subject matter of VILNA: A RESISTANCE STORY, a new musical she is developing with composer/lyricist Kevin Cloud. In addition, her TV Pilot, FANIA IN THE FOREST, is a top 5 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Finalist. Lisa is also a proud member of the Dramatist Guild and Maestra, and a graduate of Wesleyan University. lisakennergrissom.com