Rehana Law Mirza

Rehana Lew Mirza (She/Her) (Playwright) Plays include: Hatefuck (WP/Colt Coeur), Soldier X (Ma-Yi), Tomorrow, Inshallah (Living Room Theater; Storyworks/HuffPost commission), Neighborhood Watch (NNPN/InterAct commission) and Barriers (Desipina, Asian American Theater Company.)

With her husband Mike Lew, she shares a Mellon Foundation National Playwright residency administered in partnership with Howlround at Ma-Yi Theater, where they’ve co-written The Colonialism Project (La Jolla Playhouse commission) and the musical Bhangin’ It, with composer/lyricist Sam Willmott (Upcoming: Huntington; La Jolla Playhouse 2022; Richard Rodgers Award; Rhinebeck Writers Retreat; Project Springboard.)

Additional honors include: Kleban Award, NYFA Fellow, HBO Access Fellow, Lilly Award (Stacey Mindich “Go Write A Play”), CCTP Artist Residency, and a TCG/New Georges Fellowship. MFA: Columbia University; BFA: NYU Tisch.

Member:

• TheatreWorks (Words We Believe, Playwright)

Projects:

• TheatreWorks New Works Festival 2022