Laura Zlatos is a Brooklyn-based playwright and librettist. Her plays include The Even More Lamentable Tragedy of Lavinia (2020 Women are Funny Prize), The Blue Whale (2019 Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights Contest, 2nd Place), Happily After Ever (2017 Woodward/Newman Drama Award, 59E59 Theaters, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Bloomington Playwrights Project), Three Hours (HERE Arts Center), Exposure (Gene Frankel Theatre), and the musical A Problem with the Pattersons with composer/lyricist Andre Catrini. She was a finalist for the Princess Grace Award, the Jerome Fellowship, and the Core Writer Program at the Playwrights’ Center. Laura is a member of the Orchard Project’s Greenhouse and was a resident playwright with the Exquisite Corpse Company. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University, an MA in Performance Studies from NYU, and a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU. www.laurazlatos.com.