LITERARY WORK
Fiona is a writer and has worked in literary departments, both in New York and Washington, DC where she provides literary and dramaturgical support for a variety of productions. She often reads, evaluates and consults on script development, as well as taking a balanced and thoughtful approach to the idea of season planning. She has also been a producer who relishes in the opportunity to support artists. She writes essays about theater, and even sometimes writes things that resemble plays.
Currently she is the assistant to the head of Theatre at United Talent Agency where she helps to represent theatrical literary clients including playwrights, directors, composers and designers.
Previously she was the Artistic Fellow at Playwrights Horizons, the Manager of the Emerging Playwrights Fund at Audible Theatre and the Literary Intern at Studio Theatre. She has read scripts for Playwrights Horizons, Ars Nova, Audible Theater and Studio Theatre.
Past Work ⇊
PRODUCTION SUPPORT
Playwrights Horizons, Artistic Fellow
STEREOPHONIC by David Adjmi, dir, Daniel Aukin | October - December 2023 - Supported through various workshops at Playwrights Horizons, where the play debuted 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.
IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT by Sarah Mantell, directed by Sivan Battat | October - November 2024 - Provided workshop dramaturgical support in 2022, prior to the world premiere of the play at Playwrights Horizons in fall 2024. Winner of the 2023 Susan Blackburn prize.
WET BRAIN by John J. Caswell, Jr., dir. Dustin Wills | May-June 2023 - NYT Critics Pick
REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE by Julia Izumi, dir. Jenny Koons | March-April 2023
THE TREES by Agnes Borinsky, dir. Tina Satter | February-March 2023
DOWNSTATE by Bruce Norris, dir. Pam Mackinnon | October 2022-January 2023 - NYT Critics Pick
CATCH AS CATCH CAN by Mia Chung, dir. Daniel Aukin | October-November 2022
BLACK GIRL NERD by Tori Sampson | February 2023. (Workshop)
Audible Theater, Script Supervisor:
THE PODCASTER by Christphor Chen, dir. Lee Sunday Evans, produced by Sarah Lunnie | Spring 2022
DADDIES by Paul Kruse, dir. Adil Mansoor | Released Spring 2022
SKYSCRAPER LULLABY, written and directed by James Fritz | Released Fall 2022
PUBLISHED WRITING
“The Playwright As Bad Glazier” published January 6, 2025 in the Contemporary Theater Review Backpages 34.3. Editor Caridad Svich.
“In Another Universe” published March 2023 by Playwrights Horizons in Almanac as an accompanying piece to the world premiere of John J. Cashwell’s Wet Brain.
Religious Radicals: Nuns in a Post-Vatican II World, written for Studio Theatre’s performance guide as a dramaturgical complement to John Patrick Shanley’s DOUBT, dir. Matt Tomey | Fall 2019
The Dual Nature of Singapore , written for Studio Theatre’s performance guide as a dramaturgical complement to Anchuli Felicia King’s WHITE PEARL, dir. Desdemona Chiang | Fall 2019
Bang! Bang! Not just a Game: The Police State in the District , written for Studio Theatre’s performance guide as a dramaturgical complement to Antoinette Nwandu’s PASSOVER, dir. Psalmayene 24 | 2019
A Day in the Life of the Aspen Ideas Festival, written for Studio Theatre’s performance guide as a dramaturgical complement to Abe Koogler’s ASPEN IDEAS, dir. Les Waters | 2019
PLAY SUMMARIES