WENDY
MacLEOD
Wendy MacLeod’s play Posterity was developed at Villanova Theater this fall in collaboration with Ed Sobel, formerly at Steppenwolf Theater. Her comedy The Laugh Track was commissioned by and slated for production at ACT in Seattle in 2020. Women in Jeopardy! premiered at GEVA and has since been done around the country. Her three-hander comedy Slow Food premiered at Merrimack Repertory Theater and has also had multiple productions. Her other plays include Sin and Schoolgirl Figure, which premiered at The Goodman, Juvenilia and The Water Children, which premiered at Playwrights Horizons, and Things Being What They Are, which premiered at Seattle Repertory Theatre, and had an extended run at Steppenwolf in Chicago. Her play The House of Yes became an award-winning Miramax film starring Parker Posey and will be produced as an opera in the 2025 season at Wolf Trap. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, she is the James E. Michael Playwright-in-Residence at Kenyon College. Her plays are available through Dramatists Play Service and at Playscripts.com.productions.
NEW PLAYS BY
WENDY MacLEOD
THE LAUGH TRACK
Inspired by the story of Lucille Ball’s head writer, a young woman tries to be taken seriously in the early days of television comedy. Sparks fly between Maddie and Bob, the writing partner who lets her do the typing while taking credit for her jokes. As the two get closer, Lucy and Desi come apart; the show’s singular success takes its toll on them all.
