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