Lee Nowell

Lee Nowell is a professional playwright and director who focuses on new work.

Her plays have been presented at Actor's Express (ALBATROSS; PAPER HOUSE; OBSESSION), Georgia Public Broadcasting (BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT: THE TROY DAVIS PROJECT), Theatre in the Square (URBAN FAIRYTALE), Horizon Theatre (BLUE ANGELS WEEKEND), 7Stages (PREACHER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON; THE COMMISSION), Ex Somnium (HOW TO SURVIVE BEING HUMAN), Synchronicity Theatre (BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT: THE TROY DAVIS PROJECT), Play West (BLUE ANGELS WEEKEND; THE COMMISSION), and Found Stages (AND CAULDRON BUBBLE). She has adjudicated plays for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council and has served as a judge for the Governor's Honors Program. Ms. Nowell is also in the vanguard of the Salon Theatre movement in Atlanta. The productions she has directed have garnered critical acclaim, including being named one of the Top Ten Productions of the Year by the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION. Ms. Nowell has directed for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, 7Stages, Synchronicity Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Essential Theatre, and barking dog theatre. She is an Artistic Associate at Synchronicity Theatre. She is the recipient of two Inverness Playwriting Awards, three Turner New Voices in the Works Grants, two NEA Grants, and has been nominated for The List, a Jennie Award, two Suzi Bass Awards, Best Play of the Year by Atlanta Theatre Fans, and an NEA Distinguished New Play Development Award.