Maggie Lou Rader

Playwright

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Recent and Upcoming Events

The Church of Broken Things - Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park New Play Festival

Blood to Drink - Recipient of Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award

The Church of Broken Things - Current Semifinalist for the O’Neill National Playwright Conference

Conferring By the Parlor Fire - 10 Minute Connections Festival at Ensemble Theatre

LET. HER. RIP. - Workshop at the Arcola Theatre, London

The Helpers - Staged Reading at The Suffield Players

Blood To Drink - Staged Reading at Looking for Lilith Theatre Company

Angels Guide Your Steps - Workshop Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

LET. HER. RIP. - World Premiere at Stages Houston

Alice in the Hundred Acre WoodCincinnati Playhouse in the Park

 

Awards

The Church of Broken Things
Semifinalist, 2026 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference

LET. HER. RIP.
Finalist, 2024 Road Theatre Company Summer Playwright Festival
Selected, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Words Cubed

The Helpers
Winner, 2021 Theater J Patty Abramson Prize for Emerging Playwrights  
Semifinalist, 2022 Garry Marshall New Works Festival
Finalist, 2021 Utah Shakespeare Festival, Words Cubed
Finalist, 2021 Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women

Conferring by the Parlor Fire
Red Bull Theatre Short New Play Festival

They Played in Peoria
Finalist, Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival

The Wonder
Semifinalist, 2021 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference

Alice in Neverland
Winner, 2021 Notre Dame College New Play Festival

Like Demons
Semifinalist, 2020 UP Theater's Renewal Reading Series

Dragon Up!
Finalist, 2020 Central Florida Community Arts TYA New Play and Musical Festival

My Plays

 

About Maggie Lou Rader

An award-winning playwright, member of the Dramatist’s Guild and AEA Actor, Maggie Lou Rader (she/her/hers) tells epic stories of epic women. Her work has been published and seen regionally, Off-Broadway, and on Tony Award winning stages. She's obtained degrees from William Jewell College in Kansas City and the Birmingham School of Acting in the UK and has called Cincinnati home for nearly 10 years. She has been the winner of The Theater J Patty Abramson Jewish Play Prize and the Notre Dame College New Play festival and was selected for Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Words Cubed Program. She has also been a finalist for the Henley Rose Playwrighting Award for Women, Central Florida Community Arts TYA New Play and Musical Festival, a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival, Dayton Playhouse’s Future Fest, and UP Theater's Renewal Reading Series. She’s has had the privilege of having her work developed at DePaul University, Inkwell Theatre, Skeleton Rep, and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Her plays have been seen at Know Theatre of Cincinnati, InBocca Performance, Commonwealth Theatre Center, The Marsh, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Urban Stages, Theatre Pro Rata, and colleges from coast to coast. She’s also been published with Smith and Kraus and Madwomen in the Attic.