Lisa Schlesinger is a recipient of the NEA/TCG Playwrights Residency Award, winner of the BBC International Playwriting Competition and a nominee for a USA Artist Fellowship. Her plays include IN THE WAKE OF THE GRAYBOW RIOTS, CELESTIAL BODIES, WAL-MARTYRS, SAME EGG, MANNY AND CHICKEN, ROCK ENDS AHEAD, and THE BONES OF DANNY WINSTON. She is currently writing a libretto, Harmonicus Mundi, the second work in the Celestial Bodies Trilogy. Lisa’s work has been published in The New York Times, American Theater and Performing Arts Journal.