Lolly Ward originated roles in Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, served as a dramaturg and judge for Caltech’s Mach 33 Festival of New Science-Driven Plays, and received the Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowship. As a member of The Actors’ Gang, she toured nationally and internationally, and acted in both the stage and film versions of Embedded at the Public Theater. After several years in Los Angeles as a member of the Playwrights Union, she moved to Portland, Oregon, where she cofounded and directs LineStorm Playwrights. Education: Stanford University. Member: Actors’ Equity, Dramatists Guild, SAG-AFTRA.

Read her work on the New Play Exchange.

FILM:

All Together Now; Brett Haley

Embedded; Tim Robbins

After Dinner; Jason Mayland

Just One Night; Alan Jacobs

Sexy Single; Jen Derwingson

Present; Jacqueline Kim

TELEVISION:

Grimm; NBC

Awake; NBC

King of Queens; CBS

Strong Medicine; Lifetime

MADtv; Fox

THEATER:

Break the Whip; Tim Robbins, The Actors’ Gang

Love’s Labor’s Lost; Simon Abkarian

Embedded; Tim Robbins, The Public Theater

Hamlet; Eric Tucker, Stella Adler Theatre

Orlando; Joyce Piven

The Seagull; Georges Bigot

Mephisto; Tim Robbins

Tribe; Ken Roht, Evidence Room

Dreamplay; Tracy Young

TRAINING:

The Actors’ Gang theater

Sketch and Improv: ImprovOlympic, The Groundlings, Spark Creative

Stanford University, BA and MA in English and Creative Writing