Pamela Morgan is an emerging playwright and author from the Midwest, whose work explores themes of gender, social justice, and feminism. Her plays have been produced across the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and India. Pamela received the Kennedy Center National Partners of the American Theatre Playwriting Award in 2024, the Kennedy Center Region V Rosa Parks Playwriting Award in 2023, and the Regional Full-Length Play Award in 2022. She was a finalist for the Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award and the Jane Chambers Excellence in Feminist Playwriting Award. Her play, Load-Bearing Walls, was named a semi-finalist for the 2024 Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference.
Her Publications include Simply Skye (Amicus, 2023), Hungry (Smith & Kraus Publishers, 2022), Straight and Perfect (Smith & Kraus Publishers, 2022), All Kids Lie (Chicago Story Press, 2022), Love is a Battlefield (Chicago Story Press, 2021), Shapes in the Cloud (220 Publishing, 2016), and Mostly Me (HerStories Project Press, 2016).
She is the proud parent of two incredible human beings, as well as a member of the Dramatists Guild and Honor Roll. Pamela holds a bachelor’s in Elementary and Special Education from Trinity Christian College and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Augsburg University.
Photo credit: Liz Walsh Photography
Education
Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Augsburg University
Advisor: Carson Kreitzer
August, 2023
Bachelors of Education, Elementary and Special Education
Trinity Christian College
Summa Cum Laude
Elementary & Special Education
August, 2015
Honors and Awards
- Semi-finalist, Load-Bearing Walls, O’Neill Playwrights Conference (2024)
- Winner, Glory to the Father, Kennedy Center National Partners of the American Theatre Julie Jensen Playwriting Award (2024)
- Winner, Local School Board, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region V Rosa Parks Playwriting Award (2023)
- Winner, Words of Wonder Fellowship, The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow (2023)
- Grand Prize Winner, Gloria Mundi, Emerging Artist New Play Festival at the Renaissance Theatre/Theatre 166 (2023)
- Second Rounder, Glory to the Father, Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition (2023)
- Finalist, Local School Board, Jane Chambers Excellence in Feminist Playwriting (2023)
- Finalist, Load-Bearing Walls, Lesbian Thespians Playwriting Award (2023)
- Semi-finalist, Glory to the Father, Normal Ave Playwriting Series (2023)
- Winner, Gloria Mundi, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (2022)
- Finalist, Gloria Mundi, Judith Royer Excellence in Playwrighting (2022)
- Finalist, Gloria Mundi, The Loom New Works Festival (2021)
- Best Production & Design for Comedy, Senior Moments, Thornhill Theatre Festival (2021)
- Semi-finalist, Hungry, PGE Faces of America Monologue Festival (2021)
- Best Production, Barricade. Equity Library Theatre of NY (2021)
- Finalist, There’s S’more to Life. Durango Arts Center 10 Minute Play Festival (2021)
- 2nd Place, When Life Gives You Lemons, Two Hander Slam (2021)
- Finalist, Senior Moments, Fringe Black Box Theatre Festival (2021)
- Best Show, Senior Moments, Triangle Rainbow Theatre & Riant Theatre LGBTQ Play Festival (2021)
- Honorable Mention, Truth Be Told, Hey, Playwright! V-Minute Valentines (2021)
- Finalist, Playwright Residency, Bucharest Inside the Beltway (2021)
- Presenter, Voices of the Year Honoree, BlogHer (2017)
- Featured, Voices of the Year Honoree, BlogHer (2016)
- Honorable Mention, Excellence in Blogging, National Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association (2016)
Short Plays
Ashes to Ashes
Production – Lightbulb Factory, IL (2022)
Production – Lightbulb Factory, IL (2023)
Production – Ohio University, OH (2023)
Barricade
Production – Nomad Theatre Company, IL (2021)
Big Ben and the Juice Fast
Production – Re-Cover Me Project, CA & NY (2021)
Radio Production – Yeppoon Little Theatre, AU (2022)
Produced Reading – Yeppoon Little Theatre, AU (2023)
Production – Short + Sweet Dubai, India (2023)
Cute Girl in the Third Row
Virtual reading – Green Buffalo Productions, NY (2021)
Emergency Contact
Production – the Orange Players, CT (2023)
End-of-Life Decisions
Production – AmaZing Theatre, GA (2021)
Fancy Free
Virtual stage reading – This Moment Productions, IL (2021)
Virtual Production – Thornhill Theatre Space, UK (2022)
Greta and Mardy
Production – Nomad Theatre, IL (2024)
It’s Me, Joan
Virtual Production – Rainy Day Artistic Collective, WA (2022)
Virtual Reading – Caravan Productions, UK (2022)
Mirror, Mirror, Mirror
Production – Minnesota Shorts, MN (2023)
Production – the Orange Players, CT (2023)
Production – The Actors Theatre Playhouse, VT (2025)
My Son Doesn’t Listen
Production – Paradox Theatre Company, IL (2021)
Puppet Therapy
Virtual Production – One Egg, No Batter, IL (2021)
Virtual Production – Thornhill Theatre Space, UK (2022)
Santa Got Ran Over
Production – Shiny Unicorn Productions, NC (2022)
Production – Westchester Civic Theatre, IL (2022)
Audio Production – Theatrical Shenanigans, UK (2025)
Sidewalk Sally
Production – Nomad Theatre Company, IL (2022)
Silver Singles
Virtual Reading – Tiger’s Heart Players, NY (2021)
Strawberry Preserves
Virtual Production – Caravan Productions, UK (2022)
Audio Production – This Moment Productions, IL (2021)
There’s S’more to Life
Reading – Durango Arts Center, CO (2021)
The Time is Ripe
Virtual Production – Shiny Unicorn Productions, NC (2022)
The Trial of Prince Charming
Production – Reboot Festival, UK (2021)
Virtual Production – Caravan Productions, UK (2021)
Production – Minnesota Shorts Festival, MN (2022)
Radio Production – Yeppoon Little Theatre, AU (2022)
Film Production – This Moment Productions, IL (2023)
Production – Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, NY (2023)
Truth Be Told
Virtual Reading – Geneva Theatre Guild, NY (2021)
Production – Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, NY (2021)
Virtual Production – PlayZoomers, (2021)
Virtual Production – Thornhill Theatre Space, UK (2022)
Warehouse Woman
Production – Nomad Theatre, IL (2024)
When Life Gives You Lemons
Production – Two Hander Slam, DC (2021)
Table Reading – Cactus Flowers, NY (2022)
Production – Jersey Shore Arts Center, NJ (2022)
Production – Nomad Theatre Company, IL (2022)
Radio Production – Yeppoon Little Theatre, AU (2022)
Production – Carrollwood Players Theatre, FL (2022)
Senior Moments
Virtual Production – Irvington Arts Incubator, NY (2021)
Virtual Production – Thornhill Theatre Space, UK (2021)
Virtual Production – Fringe Black Box Virtual Fest, NY (2021)
Virtual Production – Theatre Three, NY (2021)
Virtual Production – Triangle Rainbow Theatre LGBTQ Short Play Festival, NY (2021)
Full-Length Plays
Build-A-Play
Workshop – Bloomington Normal Homeschool Group, IL (2021)
Workshop – Bloom Community School, IL (2022)
Production – Girls Atheltic Leadership Schools, CO (2023)
Production – Westlake High School, TX (2025)
A Fairy’s Tale
Production – Stray Dog Theatre, IL (2015)
Reading – Kentwood Players, CA (2025)
Gloria Mundi
Workshop – Nomad Theatre Company, IL (2022)
Fringe Production – Nomad Theatre Company, IL (2022)
Workshop – Renaissance Theatre / Theatre 166, OH (2023)
Glory to the Father
Workshop – Athena Project, CO (2023)
Reading – Clamour Theatre, FL (2024)
Load-Bearing Walls
Reading – Lesbian Thespians, FL (2023)
Workshop – Heartland Theatre, IL (2023)
Production – Lesbian Thespians, FL (2025)
Local School Board
Reading – Indiana Playwrights Circle, IN (2022)
A Very Covid Christmas Carol
Production – Nomad Theatre Company, IL (2020)
Production – Stray Dog Theatre, IL (2020)
Production – Thornhill Theatre Space, UK (2021)
Production – The Main Theatre, SOS Fest, CA (2021)
Publications
Anthologies
Goshen, J. L., Beall, A. E., & Howe, J., Love is a Battlefield, Chicago Storytellers: From Stage to Page, Chicago Story Press, Inc., 2020.
Goshen, J. L., Beall, A. E., & Howe, J., All Kids Lie, Storytellers’ True Stories About Love: Volume 1, Chicago Story Press, Inc., 2022.
Organ, C., & Severson, J. J., Shapes in the Clouds, Here in the Middle: Stories of love, loss, and connection from the ones sandwiched in between, 220 Publishing (a division of 220 Communications), 2016.
Smock, J., & Sprenger, S., Mostly Me, So Glad They Told Me: Women get real about motherhood, HerStories Project Press, LLC., 2016
Plays
Ashes to Ashes, The Best Men’s Stage Monologues, Smith & Kraus Publishers, 2024
Hungry, The Best Men’s Stage Monologues, Smith & Kraus Publishers, 2022
Straight and Perfect, The Best Women’s Stage Monologues, Smith & Kraus Publishers, 2022
Books
Simply Skye, illustrated by Heather Bell, Amicus Publishers, 2023
Professional Affiliations
Student Editor, Howling Bird Press, 2021-2022, 2023-2024
Dramatist Guild, 2020-Present
Playwrights Center, 2021-Present
Honor Roll, 2021-Present
Women & Theatre Program, 2022-Present
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, co-Regional Advisor, 2016-Present