Kristin Idaszak
Affiliated Writer
Chicago, IL
Biography

Kristin Idaszak (she/they) is a two-time Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellow and the former Shank Playwriting Fellow at the Goodman Theatre. Idaszak has received commissions from the Goodman, EST/The Sloan Foundation, Cleveland Play House, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, and TimeLine Theatre. Her play Second Skin received the Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Playwriting Award and the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, and her play Another Jungle was a Relentless Award Honorable Mention. Idaszak was the Kennedy Center Fellow at the Sundance Theatre Lab. Her work has been seen at or developed through the The Playwrights’ Center, La Jolla Playhouse’s WoW Festival, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Directing Studio, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Drama League, Pasadena Playhouse, Circle X, Rivendell Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, and Perishable Theatre, among others. Idaszak’s work has also received support from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. She teaches at The Theatre School at DePaul University (where she is currently the Acting Head of Dramaturgy/Criticism BFA program) and Northwestern University. MFA: UC San Diego.

Agent Information

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Successes

Kristin Idaszak is now in residency with Timeline Theatre's Playwrights Collective through January 2022.

Kristin Idaszak's The Surest Poison (workshopped at PWC) is a finalist of the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award, presented by the American Blues Theater: https://bit.ly/2UjkDrX

The world premiere of Kristin's play SECOND SKIN is currently running as the final production of WildClaw Theatre's 10th season. Performances are at the Den Theatre in Chicago through October 13: http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/project/second-skin/

Kristin has been named a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists and will receive six years of development support. http://www.chicagodramatists.org/NewResidentPlaywrights-2017

Kristin Idaszak is one of five Chicago-based playwrights newly named to the Playwrights Unit, a year-long residency in partnership with Chicago Dramatists. Click here for more information.