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B A R B A R A B L U M E N T H A L - E H R L I C H
P L A Y W R I G H T
2025 NEA-funded commission for NJ’s Vivid Stage together w/ Del E. Webb Center (AZ)
2025 Recipient, Individual Artist Grant, NJ Council for the Arts.
2024 Co-Founded Swan Dive Theatre Collective dedicated to the work of Women+ artists
Full-Length Productions:
- NH/VT, Upcoming. 2027, London. Date and Theatre TBA.
- Blast Radius, Upcoming One-Woman Play. 2027, Brickhouse Theatre, L.A.
- The Captives, Vanguard Theatre, May, 2026, NJ.
- The Captives, Scheduled for off-Broadway, 2022. dir. Raja Feather Kelly, COVID-related cancelation.
- Three a.m., 2023, (Bill of Shorts), Vivid Stage, Summit, NJ
- The Grief Dialogues 2023 (Contributing Writer), NYC production and Nat’l Tour
- Sister Sister, Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2016 (Nom: 2017 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award, Best Original Play)
- Still Life, Forward Flux Theatre, Seattle,2015 (Susan Smith Blackburn nom., Kilroy List)
- Big City, Trustus Theater, Columbia, SC, 2015 (Winner, Trustus Playwright’s Fest)
- Romeo Chang, Overtime Theatre, San Antonio, 2015 (Winner ATAC Globe Award)
- Big City, Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY, 2010
- Double Vision, NY International Fringe Festival & Fringe off-B’way Encore Series 2007
- Hitting the Wall, Arielle Tepper Madover’s Off-Bway Summer Play Fest, 2006
- Absolute Flight: A Reality Show With Wings, (NY International Fringe Fest 2006)
- Boy Girl Boy Girl, Trinity Rep, Providence R.I.
Selected Readings and Workshops (NYC and Regional)
- The Captives
- Palm Beach Dramaworks, dir. Bruce Linser, “New Year/New Play Festival”
- Thoughts and Prayers
- Sister Sister
- Rattlestick F*&king Good Play Festival, NYC, dir. Sam Pinkleton (w/ Johanna Day)
- Kennedy Center, Page-to-Stage Festival, dir. Ross Heath
- Still Life
- Cherry Lane, NYC, dir. Shelley Butler
- Urban Stages, NYC, dir. Adrienne Campbell-Holt
- Hitting the Wall
- Victory Gardens, Chicago, dir. Sandy Shinner
- Big City -- Second Stage, NYC, dir. Mark Brokaw (w/ Amy Ryan)
Selected Awards, Honors, Distinctions
- Current 2025 Finalist for London’s Theatre 503 International Playwriting Award
- Utah Shakespeare Festivals Finalist for the 2024 Words Cubed Series
- Jewish Plays Project 2024 Finalist for the New Play Festival at Berkshire Theatre Group
- Gloucester Stage, 2024, The Lovebirds, finalist in the “Water Rising” Series about Climate.
- Three A.M., produced as a film, 2023. Winner, Best Screen Play, L.A. Independent Women Film Awards and Best Product Screenplay, L.A’s Next Generation Indie Film Award.
- DGF Fellowship Finalist, 2023.
- Publication, Smith & Kraus, Best Monologues of 2021 and 2023
- TEDx Talk and Play Presentation of The Woman With Orange Hands, 2023
- Winner, Miami’s 2020 City Theatre Shorts, for Three A.M.
- Multiple Finalist/Semi-Finalist Placements in Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Sundance Playwriting Lab, O’Neill National Theatre Conference, New Harmony Project, Ashland New Play Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon, Princess Grace Award, Heideman Award, Woodward/Newman Award, Dayton Playhouse Future Fest, Campfire Theatre,
- Winner, 2017 Israel Baran Award for Still Life (Awarded by Theatricum Botanicum, LA)
- Winner (2x), Neil Labute New Theatre Fest, Sacred Space; 2017, Shut Up and Dance, 2018
- Finalist, 2017 Boston Court Theatre New Works Festival, LA, for The Lovebirds
- Still Life nominated for 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
- Still Life makes the 2015 Kilroy List (Honorable Mention)
- Smith & Kraus, Plays Published in ’ “Best of” 2016, 2017, 2018 collections
- Winner, Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Playwrights Award for The Captives
- Winner, Capital Stage Playwrights Revolution for Still Life
- The Woman With Orange Hands, Actors Theatre of Louisville
- Three a.m., Steppenwolf Theatre Co. (Garage), Chicago
- Sick of It, Las Vegas, one-year anniversary of the shooting and the #Vegasstrong movement
- Shut Up and Dance, Women In Theatre Festival, NYC
- The Reading Lesson, NY Transit Museum, Brooklyn
- Freezer Burn, Athena Theatre Co., NYC
- The Faint Taste of Cat Food and Sour Milk, BostonTheatre Marathon
- Three A.M., Whoop ’n Wail, London
- Rox-N, Miss Thang, Elephant Theatre, LA
Development Opportunities
- In NYC: Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Roundabout, Rattlestick, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, AracaWorks, Urban Stages, Cherry Lane, Stella Adler Studios,
- Regional: Kennedy Center, Geva, Actors Theater of Louisville, Victory Gardens, Hangar, Luna, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Elephant Theatre, Capital Stage, Blank, Rogue Machine
Teaching/Visiting Artist Instructor
- Brandeis University — Instructor and Artist-in-Residence after receiving MFA.
- University of Massachusetts, summer program
- Miami of Ohio
- Stella Adler Studio
Other Creative Accomplishments: Journalist working for several daily news organizations, including United Press International, and freelancing for a number of newspapers, including The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and San Francisco Examiner.
Literary Posts and Reviews:
- Jenni Werner, Literary Director/Resident Dramaturg, Geva Theatre
“This is a gorgeous play, at once heart breaking AND optimistic, if that's possible. There's grief, certainly, but there's also humor in this play, which was a surprise to me on the first read. Where do we turn when we don't know how to go on? The play would be wonderfully powerful in an intimate setting.”
- Edmonton Journal:
“When it comes to Northern Light Theatre’s mandate of dark and provocative productions that challenge audiences, Sister Sister delivers and satisfies.”