Anna Ziegler biography

Anna Ziegler

At Writers Theatre: The Last Match

Anna Ziegler has written the plays Actually (produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Geffen Playhouse, Trafalgar Studios and others; L.A. Ovation Award winner for Playwriting for an Original Play), the widely produced Photograph 51 (directed on the West End by Michael Grandage and starring Nicole Kidman; WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play; named the number one play of the year by the Chicago Tribune and “Best of the Year” play by The Washington Post and London’s The Telegraph), Boy (Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award nominee), The Wanderers (The Old Globe; Craig Noel Award winner for Outstanding New Play), The Last Match (Roundabout Theatre Company; The Old Globe), and A Delicate Ship (New York Times Critic’s Pick; The Playwrights Realm; Cincinnati Playhouse). She holds commissions from Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre and The Geffen Playhouse. Oberon Books has published a collection of her work entitled Anna Ziegler: Plays One and nine of her plays are published by Dramatists Play Service. Recent(ish): Photograph 51 at Melbourne Theatre Company (Australia); The Great Moment at Seattle Rep (world premiere) and Antigones at the Ojai Playwrights Conference and the O’Neill Playwrights Conference. She is developing television and movie projects at Apple, HBO Max and Scott Free Productions. More at annabziegler.net.

[Bio as of April 2021]