Laura Lewis-Barr has been writing screenplays for 3 years. Before that she was writing, directing, performing and teaching theatre for over 15 years. Her two-hander, "Cloistered Honey" was recently made into a low-budget film through Inspirare Productions. Laura is starting to send this comedy to film festivals. Laura's plays have won numerous awards including the St. Tammany One-Act Competition and the Playwrights First Award. She has been a finalist in the O'Neill Theatre Center National Playwrights Conference Competition and Steppenwolf's "First Look." Recent productions of Laura’s work include: Chernobyl’s Fire and Cloistered Honey (Inspirare Theatre --“earnest, funny, introspective”-The Daily Herald); Addicted to Mars (Pittsburgh New Works Festival-“intriguing and carefully drawn…. Lewis-Barr’s writing drives the production.” Pittsburgh Post Gazette); Golden Chalices (LoveCreek Productions and The Riant Theatre in New York); Dove Killers (the side project in Chicago-- “riveting” Windy City Times). Laura’s Masters Degree in Drama is from San Francisco State University.
