J.Lois Diamond is a playwright, poet and performer. Her full length, one-act, and ten-minute plays have been performed at various off-off Broadway venues, including Theater for the New City, The West Bank Cafe and The Hudson Guild.  Her work has been  produced regionally and  as part of The InspiraTO Festival in Toronto.  Her play Hello Ocean had a reading at The 2018 Inge Theater Festival. She has been a featured poet at The Cornelia St. Cafe. She is a member of Polaris North and  The Dramatists Guild. She recently studied playwriting  with Tina Howe at The Dramatists Guild Institute. Her play Growl was selected for production in The Downtown Urban Arts Festival- Theater Series( for 2019). jloisdiamond.com