ARTISTIC STATEMENT

Is it possible for theatre to affect change? If so, how? My work exists to grapple with these questions and raise many others. Whether the play is a comedy of online celebrity gossip set against the steady advance of an unknown threat, an epic that explores the mythologies buried deep within the historical record, or the first of a series of intimate encounters shaped by revolution, I write toward the possibility that we (the Culture) can find new ways forward into the Future.

LEIGH M. MARSHALL
2024–2025 RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT

LEIGH M. MARSHALL (she/her) is a multidisciplinary writer/performer and the Theater & Film Editor online for BOMB Magazine. Her plays have been selected for the Ground Floor Residency at Berkeley Rep, the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival (FAME HEAUX), the Examined Life Conference (LATERALITY), the G&PS Government Research Award, the Prairie Lights/International Writing Program Reading Series (MARAT’S DEAD), the Jumpstarting Tomorrow Award, the Epic Mega Grant from Unreal Engine, Live Design International, and the Prague Quadrennial (MEDIA CLOWN). She trained in classical acting at American Conservatory Theater and has performed at Arena Stage in DC, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Public Theater of New York, New Dramatists, New Conservatory Theatre Center, and elsewhere. Next up: SPELLS FOR GOING FORTH BY DAYLIGHT, Iowa New Play Festival 2024. BA: Stanford University. MFA: Iowa Playwrights Workshop.