Amanda Zeitler
she/her
Takoma Park, MD
DMV-based queer, feminist playwright, focused on magical realism and intersectional equity.
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Biography

Amanda Zeitler is a queer, feminist, DMV-based playwright, actor, and occasional producer. She is the winner of the Wichita State University Playwriting Award (2014), runner up for the Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences Award (2015), and a finalist for the Detroit New Works Festival (2019). Notable local productions include Weep. (Nu Sass Theatre) and Neverlanding (Capital Fringe Festival). She has also been commissioned and produced by the National Archives, Imagination Stage, the Metropolitan School of the Arts, and the Catholic University of America. She is an alumn of Loyola Marymount University (BA, English, Class of 2012) and the Catholic University of America (MFA, Playwriting, Class of 2015).

Amanda's  full body of work can be found on the New Play Exchange. 

 

Successes

PRODUCTIONS:

 

  • Neverlanding Dir. Jessica Lefkow, 4615 Theatre, Dec. 2021
  • Eulogy for L (digital production) Catholic University's Socially Distant Play Festival, Dec 2020
  • Weep. Dir. Bess Kaye, Nu Sass, Mar. 2020
  • Neverlanding Dir. Jessica Lefkow, Capitol Fringe Festival, July 2019
  • The Pencil is Mightier Dir. Kirsten Grorud, Imagination Stage, Jun. 2018
  • A Dark and Stormy Play Dir. Kirsten Grorud, Metropolitan School of the Arts, June 2018
  • Neverlanding Dir. Jenny McConnel, Frederick Catholic University of America, Dec. 2017
  • Sidewalk Conversations Dir. Seth Rosenke, Federal Theatre Project, Nov. 2017
  • Unlabeled Dir. Kirsten Grorud, Imagination Stage, June 2017
  • Collide-O-Scope Dir. LeeAnet Noble, Imagination Stage, June 2016
  • Bite Me Dir. Mark Wade, Arcadia University, Nov. 2015
  • The Mage Knights of Eternal Light Dir. Kate Bryer, Catholic Unviersity of America, Feb. 2015
  • La Llorona Dir. Jeannine Russel, Wichita State University, Nov. 2014
  • La Llorona Dir. Lelia TahaBurt, Capitol Fringe Festival, July 2014

NOTABLE READINGS

  • Ever Unknown (virtual reading) Adventure Theatre, DMV Q-Fest 4.0, April 2021
  • Dear Mrs. Clause (virtual reading) Adventure Theatre, Jingle-in-July Festival, July 2020
  • Divine Virtual (virtual reading) 4615 Theatre Company, DMV Q-Fest, April 2020
  • The Highwayman (virutal reading) Dir. Angela Kay Pirko, Greater Boston Stage, June 2020
  • A selection from Dirty Laundry Dir. Nicole Maneffa, Kennedy Center, Page to Stage, Sep. 2019
  • Weep. Dir. Mycah Artis, Outvisible Theatre, Detroit New Works Festival, Jun. 2019
  • Miranda After the Storm, or What Happens to Savage Little Whores Dir. Patrick Flynn, Kennedy Center, Page to Stage, Sep. 2018
  • Bite Me Dir. Mark Wade, KCACTF Region 2, Jan. 2015
  • The Creatures of ILMS Dir. Frank Disalvo, Parlor Room Theatre, Oct. 2014
  • The Butterfly Fan Self-directed, Kennedy Center, Page to Stage, Aug. 2014
  • Why You Shouldn’t Have Sex in a Car Self-directed, Kennedy Center, Page to Stage, Aug. 2013
  • Bite Me Dir. Robert Montenegro, Catholic University of America, Mar. 2013

COMMISSIONS

  • The Pencil is Mightier Imagination Stage
  • A Dark and Stormy Play Metropolitan School of the Arts
  • Neverlanding Catholic University of America
  • The Bill of Rights as Demonstrated by Lieutenant Liberty National Archives
  • Unlabeled Imagination Stage
  • Collide-O-Scope Imagination Stage

AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • 2020 DCMTA Spring Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Productions – Weep.
  • 2019 Finalist for the Detroit New Works Festival – Weep.
  • 2015 Catholic University Gilbie Award for Best Production of a play - The Mage Knights of Eternal Light
  • 2015 DC Metro Theatre Arts Top 20 University Productions - The Mage Knights of Eternal Light
  • 2015 Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences Award (second place) - The Mage Knights of Eternal Light
  • 2015 KCACTF Region Two Participant; Ten Minute Plays - Bite Me
  • 2014 Wichita State University National Playwriting Award - La Llorona