Upcoming Productions
Dragon Up! - Commonwealth Theatre Center
The Wonder - 3rd Act Theatre
Letters from Santa Fe Trail - Mount Saint Joseph University
Blood to Drink - details coming soon!
LET. HER. RIP. - details coming soon!
Like Demons - details coming soon!
Awards
The Helpers
Winner, 2021 Theater J Patty Abramson Prize for Emerging Playwrights
Semifinalist, 2022 Garry Marshall New Works Festival
Finalist, 2021 Utah Shakespeare Festival, Words Cubed
Finalist, 2021 Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women
Conferring by the Parlor Fire
Winner, Red Bull Theatre Short New Play Festival
Winner, brooklynONE Productions New Works Festival
They Played in Peoria
Finalist, Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival
The Wonder
Semifinalist, 2021 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference
Like Demons
Semifinalist, 2020 UP Theater's Renewal Reading Series
Dragon Up!
Finalist, 2020 Central Florida Community Arts TYA New Play and Musical Festival
My Plays
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Comedy
- Oct 10, 2023 Conferring by the Parlor Fire
- Oct 10, 2023 Like Demons
- Oct 7, 2023 They Played in Peoria
- Oct 6, 2023 Alice in Neverland
- Oct 5, 2023 Dragon Up
- Oct 3, 2023 Antoine at the Border
- Oct 2, 2023 The Birth
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Dark Comedy
- Oct 15, 2023 LET. HER. RIP.
- Oct 11, 2023 Blood to Drink
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Drama
- Oct 12, 2023 The Helpers
- Oct 10, 2023 Like Demons
- Oct 9, 2023 Mary's Monster
- Oct 8, 2023 The Wonder
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TYA
- Oct 6, 2023 Alice in Neverland
- Oct 5, 2023 Dragon Up
- Oct 4, 2023 The Inventive Princess of Floralee
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under 15 minutes
- Oct 10, 2023 Conferring by the Parlor Fire
- Oct 3, 2023 Antoine at the Border
- Oct 2, 2023 The Birth
About Maggie Lou Rader
An award-winning playwright, member of the Dramatist’s Guild and AEA Actor, Maggie Lou Rader (she/her/hers) tells epic stories of epic women. Her work has been published and seen regionally, Off-Broadway, and on Tony Award winning stages. She's obtained degrees from William Jewell College in Kansas City and the Birmingham School of Acting in the UK and has called Cincinnati home for nearly 10 years. She has been the winner of The Theater J Patty Abramson Jewish Play Prize and the Notre Dame College New Play festival and was selected for Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Words Cubed Program. She has also been a finalist for the Henley Rose Playwrighting Award for Women, Central Florida Community Arts TYA New Play and Musical Festival, a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival, Dayton Playhouse’s Future Fest, and UP Theater's Renewal Reading Series. She’s has had the privilege of having her work developed at DePaul University, Inkwell Theatre, Skeleton Rep, and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Her plays have been seen at Know Theatre of Cincinnati, InBocca Performance, Commonwealth Theatre Center, The Marsh, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Urban Stages, Theatre Pro Rata, and colleges from coast to coast. She’s also been published with Smith and Kraus and Madwomen in the Attic.