DGI INSTRUCTOR

TIM J. LORD

TIM J. LORD is the recipient of the inaugural Apothetae-Lark Fellowship for a writer with a disability, the 2019 Reg E. Cathey Writer-in-Residence at the Orchard Project, and a 2017-18 Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis. As a native ofthe Midwest and a member of the disability community he tells stories of people and communities who are often overlooked on our stages and strives to illuminate ignored and underrepresented perspectives.

His play We Declare You a Terrorist received a finishing commission from Round House Theatre in 2019 and will be produced in their 2020-21 season. Other work has been developed and produced at The Public Theater, The Lark, The Kennedy Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, New Harmony Project, The Playwrights’ Center, Pillsbury House + Theater, Circle Rep, the Summer Play Festival, The Cutout Theatre, The Vagrancy, Barn Arts Collective, and The Working Theater.

Tim studied with Paula Vogel while a resident of Providence, RI, and is a graduate of the MFA Playwriting Program at the University of California, San Diego. Representation: Susan Gurman, The Gurman Agency.