About the Author

Courtney Taylor is a playwright, producer, and speechwriter from Massapequa, NY. Her work has been recognized by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference (2024 semifinalist, Jenkins: An All-American Outing; 2023 semifinalist, No Entrance), the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival (2024 & 2023 finalist, No Entrance), the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator (2024 semifinalist, No Entrance), SheNYC Summer Theater Festival (2024 semifinalist, No Entrance), ScreenCraft's Stage Play Competition (2023 quarterfinalist, The Warren Commission Spectacular), and the J.L. Smith New Play Festival (2022 semifinalist, The Warren Commission Spectacular). Her one-act play Lights in the Sky has been produced across the U.S., and her one-act play WEIRD GIRL SUMMER premiered at Eclectic Full Contact Theatre Company's 2023 Patchwork New Play Festival. Most recently, her play revelations from the first and last ever rehearsal of THEY SAY I DID SOMETHING BAD: an unauthorized taylor swift parody musical about the life of the unabomber ted kaczynski presented by the bridgebrook college drama club received readings as part of LimeFest at The Tank and RE/VENUE NYC x The Paradise Factory. She is an inaugural Feminism Is For Everybody Fellow at Bechdel Project. @courtneyctaylor_