About
Lena Barnard is a playwright, dramaturg and theater maker. Currently based in Chicago, she has also made work in Austin and Philadelphia. Her work has been presented in the SoLow Festival, Azuka Theatre, the Cohen New Works Festival, and PlayPenn. She was a member of the second class of the Philadelphia playwright's lab, the Foundry @ PlayPenn. Her work explores the past and the ever-present threat of failure. She has a BA from Bryn Mawr College and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin.