DRAMATURGY

Fiona is a dramaturg specializing in new work and contemporary feminist theater. She believes that a dramaturg, in the simplest terms, is an advocate for the intentions of a piece of theater - whether that be small factual changes in a text, or making sure a rehearsal room feels like a safe and productive space for everyone to do their best work. Fiona loves being in the room developing new work and believes that new work dramaturgy, at its best, can be an expression of vulnerability that, in turn, allows moments of connection to seep into text. Fiona loves working with playwrights on new plays because of the way text can be used to build community. There is something incredible about the moments when one witnesses theater that deeply resonates and the action of acknowledging that there is a playwright, living somewhere, who is able to articulate the thoughts we so often keep to ourselves – the thoughts and stories that make us feel seen.

Recent Projects ⇊

Most Recently:

  • CLAW / BET / BOUNTY * Written and Directed by Lucas Baisch | First produced by the Stanford University Theater & Performance Studies program as part of the PhD Grad Rep series (February 2026.)


PAST PROJECTS:

  • Calf Scramble* by Libby Carr, dir. Gabby Farrah |
    Ojai Playwrights Conference (2024), O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist (2024), Workshop Theater (March 2023), Playwrights Horizons (April 2023)

  • Romeo & Juliet by Williams Shakespeare, Adaptation by Fiona Selmi, dir. Tom Robertshaw | Presented by Live Animals Onstage! Production Dramaturg (November 2024).

  • Twenty by Twenty Fringe, Resident Dramaturg, Lime Arts (April - May 2023)

  • Our Dear Dead Drug Lord by Alexis Scheer | Non-production publication support (2021)

  • Doubt: A Parable** by John Patrick Shanley, dir. Matt Torney | Studio Theatre (2019)**

WORKSHOP AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT

  • Stereophonic* by David Adjimi, directed by Daniel Aukin. Supported through various workshops at Playwrights Horizons through 2022 and 2023. | Production debuted at Playwrights Horizons off-Broadway in 2023 before transferring to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre in 2024. | Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play as well as the Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of the 2023/2024 season.

  • Wet Brain*by John J. Cashwell Jr., directed by Dustin Wills. | Supported both workshops of the new play and the 2023 off-Broadway Production at Playwrights Horizons, which was a NYT Critics’ Pick. Published essay “In Another Universe” in Almanac here.

  • Regretfully, So the Birds Are* by Julia Izumi, directed by Jenny Koons. | Provided both workshop and production support on the 2023 off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons.

  • The Trees* by Agnes Borinsky, directed by Tina Satter. | Provided both workshop and production support on the 2023 off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons.

  • Downstate by Bruce Norris, directed by Pam MacKinnon. | Provided production support on the 2023 off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons.

  • Catch As Catch Can by Mia Chung, directed by Daniel Aukin. | Provided production support on the 2023 off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons. | Winner of the 2023 Whiting Award for Drama.

  • In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot* by Sarah Mantell, directed by Sivan Battat. | Provided workshop dramaturgical support in 2022, before the world premiere of the play at Playwrights Horizons in fall 2024. Winner of the 2023 Susan Blackburn prize

  • Black Girl Nerd* by Tori Sampson. | Provided workshop dramaturgical support in 2022 at Playwrights Horizons.

UNIVERSITY PROJECTS

  • Spitfire: a space femme fantasia* by Lyndsey Bourne, dir. Fiona Selmi | Williams College (2021)

  • Spring Awakening by Steven Sater, dir. Mackenzie Grace | Cap & Bells - Williamstown, MA (2019)

  • Pigeon House* by Kara Hadden, dir. Tali Natter | Cap & Bells - Williamstown, MA (2019)

  • Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn, dir. Ben Weber | Cap & Bells - Williamstown (2019)

  • Noises Off by Michael Frayn, dir. Nadiya Atkinson | Cap & Bells - Williamstown, MA (2019)

  • The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, dir. John Murphy | Cap & Bells - Williamstown, MA (2018)

*World premiere
**Asst. dramaturg