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Lia Romeo (Playwright) Plays include Council for the Arts, and was the
The Forest (O’Neill Playwrights’ National New Play Network Emerging
Conference 2018, Kilroys’ List 2019, Playwright-in-Residence at Writers
Kesselring Prize nominee), Connected Theatre of New Jersey. She is currently
(59E59, NYIT Award nominee), Green a member of the Project Y Playwrights
Whales (Unicorn Theatre, Weissberger Group and a company member with
Award nominee), Reality (HotCity InViolet Theater. She is also the
Theatre, Steinberg Award nominee), associate artistic director at Project Y
Right Place, Right Time (O’Neill finalist, Theatre Company and the new play
Renegade Theatre Experiment), The coordinator at Jersey City Theater
Lucky Ones (O’Neill finalist, Center. She is the author of a novel,
Dreamcatcher Rep), Lovesick (59E59), Dating the Devil (Amazon bestseller,
Hungry (Unicorn Theatre), and others. optioned by ABC Family), and a humor
Her work has been developed at the book, 11,002 Things to Be Miserable
O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference, the About (sold over 35,000 copies
Lark, San Francisco Playhouse, Florida worldwide). Her plays are published by
Studio Theatre, Orlando Shakespeare Broadway Play Publishing, Playscripts,
Theatre, and elsewhere. She was the Dramatists Play Service, and Smith
2019 winner of City Theatre’s National & Kraus. She earned her B.A. from
Short Playwriting Award, and her short Princeton University and her M.F.A. in
plays have also been finalists for the playwriting from Rutgers/MGSA, and
Heideman Award and the Samuel she teaches in the MA program in
French OOB Festival. She received a creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson
2018 Individual Artist Fellowship in University.
playwriting from the New Jersey State

Love Dreamcatcher? Want to get involved in theatre?

Volunteers are involved in all aspects of play production, assisting the designers or stage
manager, or working in audience services or running crew. Tech work, rehearsals and
performances take place in the evenings and on weekends. These positions are ideal
for those who are creative or enjoy contact with the public.

Volunteers also perform administrative tasks, assisting the Artistic Director in producing,
development and marketing activities. Volunteers experience first-hand the workings of
a small professional theatre and its relationships with the community and other profes-
sional organizations.

Volunteer Opportunities:
• Set Construction/Painting
• Lighting/Electrical Crew
• Costumes
• Props
• Running Crew
• Box Office/Concessions
• Marketing/Publicity
• Development
• Administrative
• Board of Directors

For information, please contact Laura Ekstrand,
Artistic Director, at laura@dreamcatcherrep.org.