Gina Femia
Affiliated Writer
Brooklyn, NY
Biography

Gina Femia's work has been seen/developed at The Goodman Theater, MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, EST, Page 73, New Georges, CTG, Theater of NOTE, Panndora Productions, among others. Selected honors include The Kilroys List, Leah Ryan Prize, Doric Wilson Award, the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, and the Neukom Award in Playwriting, nominations for Drama League and NYIT. Gina is a former Core Writer with the Playwrights' Center, and an Alum of EST Youngblood, Page73's Interstate 73, Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab, New Georges' Audrey Residency, the Ingram New Play Lab at Nashville Rep, and Parsnip Ship's Radio Roots Writer's Group. Gina’s a New Georges Affiliated Artist and has received residencies with Page73, Powerhouse, NTI at the O’Neill, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Fresh Ground Pepper. Gina's debut YA novel, Alondra, came out this year.

Successes

Gina Femia named a 2019-2020 Ingram New Works Playwright through the Nashville Repertory Theatre. 

Gina Femia is the 2018 recipient of the Leah Ryan Award for Emerging Female Playwrights

Gina Femia's play For The Love Of (or, the roller derby play) is being produced as part of Pride Films & Plays season: http://pridefilmsandplays.com/love-roller-derby-play-world-premiere/

Gina Femia will develop her play The Violet Sisters at the Great Plains Theatre Conference this summer.