Lisa Loomer

Lisa Loomer
Born1950 (age 73–74)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter, actress
Alma materNew York University Tisch School of the Arts
Notable worksThe Waiting Room

Living Out

Roe
Notable awardsJane Chambers Playwriting Award

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award
Back Stage West Garland Award for Playwriting
Imagen Award

American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award

Lisa Loomer (born 1950) is an American playwright and screenwriter[1] who has also worked as an actress and stand-up comic.[2] She is best known for her play The Waiting Room (1994), in which three women from different time periods meet in a modern doctor's waiting room, each suffering from the effects of their various societies' cosmetic body modification practices (foot binding, corsetry, and breast implantation).[3][4] She also co-wrote the screenplay for the film Girl, Interrupted. Many of her plays deal with the experiences of Latinas and immigrant characters. Others deal with social and political issues through the lens of contemporary family life. Beyond that, Loomer's play The Waiting Room discusses issues such as body image, breast cancer, and non-Western medicine.[5]

  1. ^ Breslauer, Jan (August 7, 1994). "As Her Many Worlds Turn". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2007.
  2. ^ "Biography: Lisa Loomer". Meet the Company. Ashland, OR: Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  3. ^ "Seattle Rep presents Northwest premiere of LIVING OUT" (PDF). East Side Latino Leadership Forum newsletter. Bellevue and East King County, WA: East Side Latino Leadership Forum. January 2004. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  4. ^ "Lisa Loomer - complete guide to Playwrights and Plays". The Playwrights Database. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
  5. ^ Peterson, Jane T.; Bennett, Suzanne (1997-01-01). Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 216. ISBN 9780313291791. lisa loomer biography.