Biography of Michele Lowe

MICHELE LOWE is the author of String of Pearls (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), The Smell of the Kill (Broadway debut) Backsliding in the Promised Land (Syracuse Stage), Map of Heaven, Germany Surrenders and Hit the Lights! (book and lyrics). She most recently completed two new plays: Good on Paper which was commissioned by the GeVa Theatre Centre and Mezzulah, 1946. Michele has participated in the Eugene ONeill National Music Theatre Conference, New York Stage and Film and the ACT & Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival. Her work has been produced at Primary Stages, Vineyard Theatre, Intiman, City Theatre, Reykjavik City Theatre (Iceland), Berkshire Theatre Festival, Cleveland Play House and Cincinnati Play House in the Park among others. Micheles work appears in the forthcoming Best Plays of 2005 (Smith & Knaus, 2006) and New Monologues for Women by Women (Heinemann, 2004). For television she has written several episodes of Little Bear based on characters created by Maurice Sendak. Screenplays include The Emergence of Emily Stark and Quitting Texas for Avenue Pictures. Michele is a recipient of the Frankel Award. She is a graduate of Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism. She is a member of ASCAP, the Dramatists Guild and a Core Member of the Playwrights Center.