Jenny Lyn Bader

Jenny Lyn Bader is a playwright living in New York City. Her work has been produced across the U.S. and internationally. Her plays include Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (59E59 Theaters), Equally Divine: The Real Story of the Mona Lisa (14th St. Y), In Flight (Workshop Theatre), Manhattan Casanova (Hudson Stage), and None of the Above (New Georges). One-acts include Worldness (Humana Festival), Beta Testing (Symphony Space), and Miss America (NY Int’l Fringe, “Best of Fringe” selection). Audio productions include Communal Table (Broadway Podcast Network) and Tree Confessions (This is Not a Theatre Co., w/ Kathleen Chalfant). Her work has been published by Dramatists Play Service, Next Stage Press, Smith & Kraus, Vintage, Applause, Plays International & Europe, Lincoln Center Theater Review, and The New York Times, where she was a frequent contributor to the “Week in Review.” A Harvard graduate, she has received the “Best Documentary One-Woman Show” Award (United Solo Fest), Athena Playwriting Fellowship, Edith Oliver Award (O’Neill Center), Randall Wreghitt Award (Theatre Resources Unlimited), and Lark Playwriting Fellowship (nominated by Wendy Wasserstein). Jenny Lyn was co-founder of the multicultural, multilingual company Theatre 167. She belongs to the Dramatists Guild, the League of Professional Theatre Women, and Honor Roll.