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  • Azure Osborne-Lee

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    Azure Osborne-Lee

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    Azure D. Osborne-Lee (he/they) is a multi-award-winning Black queer & trans theatre maker and screenwriter from south of the Mason-Dixon Line.   

    Azure has recently performed at The Shed, Performance Space New York, Gibney Dance, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and Jacob's Pillow.  

    Azure’s full-length play “Mirrors” received its world premiere, produced by Parity Productions, at Next Door at New York Theatre Workshop in spring 2020. Unfortunately, this production closed early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Mirrors" is now available for purchase through NoPassport Press.   

    His full-length play “Crooked Parts” was published in The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, Vol. 1, and was produced as part of Obsidian Theatre Festival in Detroit, MI in June 2024.  

    Their new play “Red Rainbow," a 2022 National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist, received a production at Mt. Holyoke College in spring 2022 and at Tufts University in spring 2023. It is forthcoming in The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, Vol. 2.  

    Azure's writing can also be found in "The Dramatist," "Beyond the Binary: Eight Non-binary Plays," "Overheard: Fifteen Monologues Commissioned by TNB2S+ Artists for TNB2S+ Artists, " and more!  

    Keep up with Azure at azureosbornelee.com  

    Photo credit: Bronwen Sharp

    Degrees Held

    MA Advanced Theatre Practice, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
    MA Women's & Gender Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
    BA English & Spanish, The University of Texas at Austin

    Professional Affiliation

    Member: Dramatist's Guild
    Board Member for JACK
    Nitty Gritty Committee Member for IndieSpace

    Awards And Honors

    2023/2024 Alcove at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Commission Recipient 
    Still Standing Artist-in-Residence @StonehengeNYC
    Recipient of Waterwell New Works Lab’s 2021 Commission
    Kilroys List 2020 playwright 
    Recipient of Parity Productions’ 2018 Annual Commission
    Winner of Downtown Urban Arts Festival’s 2018 Best Play Award
    2015 Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest  

    Finalist for the 2024 NY Independent Theatre Awards' Everett Quinton Award
    Finalist for the 2023 Dramatists Guild Catalyst Fellowship
    Finalist for the 2023 NY Independent Theatre Awards' Artistic Achievement Award
    Finalist for the 2023 Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Finalist for the 2022 Dramatists Guild Fellowship
    Finalist for Theatre Viscera’s 2022 and 2020 Queer Playwright’s Contest
    Finalist for VanguardRep’s 2019 Summer Production

    Current Courses

    Trans Narratives in Theatre
    TDRU 3352, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    Global Dramatic Lit 1
    TDRU 2111, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Global Dramatic Lit 1
    TDRU 2111, Fall 2024

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