Lisa Kenner

Lisa Kenner’s play Chambers was a 2011 finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and WordBRIDGE, and a semi-finalist for the Ashland New Play Festival and PlayPenn. A monologue from Chambers was presented at the National Playwrights SLAM at this year’s TCG Conference. In 2010, Lisa was invited to be a Guest Artist at The Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive in Washington, D.C. In 2009, her play Shelter was in consideration for PlayPenn and enjoyed workshop readings at The Road Theatre and Theatre of NOTE. Her work has been also presented at The Blank Theatre, The Robey Theatre, and The Victory Theatre. Lisa is working toward her MFA in the Lesley University creative writing program for Stage and Screen. Additionally, she works as the LA Coordinator for the national non-profit, Reboot. A graduate of Wesleyan University and a Boston native, Lisa lives in Eagle Rock with her husband, actor Chet Grissom.