Lina Patel is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores disability, non-traditional relationships, and power in an unstable world. She is the 2024 recipient of the Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award for playwright of exceptional work ethic, character, and talent; and a finalist for the Jane Chambers Prize. Recently, Lina has been invited to develop her plays at The Lark Playwright’s Workshop at 2nd Stage in New York, Rogue Machine Theater’s inaugural Playwright’s Roundtable in West Hollywood, and New Harmony Project/Summit Theater in Indianapolis. On television, Lina served as co-producer on Ava DuVernay’s nuanced series, “Cherish the Day,” exploring Black love; previously, DC’s character-driven sci-fi drama, “Krypton,”. Lina is also an actor, voice-over artist, and Lecturer of Theater at Pomona College.
“I have been a passionate supporter of Lina Patel's writing since we first worked together at Silk Road Rising in Chicago. In her epic storytelling, her blazing theatricality, and her sublime poetry, she is a groundbreaking and fearless playwright who moves the American theatre forward."
- David Henry Hwang
