Laura Neill (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based playwright commissioned by Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Project and Keen Company. Previous residencies include the O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference (Winter People), University of Tulsa WomenWorks (The End Will Hurt), and CompanyOne's PlayLab. Supported by Working Theater, Laura developed Foot Wears House, a play inspired by fellow retail coworkers at REI and their union's drive for a contract. Laura's play I Love You Elizabeth Warren won the Clauder Competition Massachusetts prize. Productions include Isolated Incidents (Broadway Podcast Network and Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), Public Property (Salvage Vanguard Theatre), Skin and Bones (Wilbury Theatre Group), Don't Give Up the Ship (Fresh Ink Theatre), and DIVAS (OperaHub, commission). Published plays include Game Night (Stage Partners), Funtown (YouthPLAYS), The Last Cookie (Stage Partners), One Kind of Fear (Flowersong Press, upcoming), The Last Red Lion (ScriptWorks’ Perfect Glitch), and Applause Books and Smith and Kraus anthologies. Laura coordinates the "playwright amoeba," a casual hangout space for the playwright community. MFA: Boston University.