- Naomi Wallace's major plays include One Flea Spare, In the Heart of America, Slaughter City, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Things of Dry Hours, The Fever Chart: Three Short Visions of the Middle East and And I And Silence. Her work has received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Kesselring Prize, the Fellowship of Southern Writers Drama Award, and an Obie. She is also a recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. Her award-winning film Lawn Dogs is available on DVD. Her new film, The War Boys, co-written with Bruce Mcleod, was released in 2010. Wallace is writing new plays for the Public Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare festival and various French theaters. In 2009 One Flea Spare was incorporated into the permanent repertoire of the French National Theater, La Comédie Francaise. It will be produced by La Comédie in 2012. Wallace is the only living American playwright to enter the repertoire. Only two American Playwrights have ever been added to La Comédie's repertoire in 300 years, the other being Tennessee Williams.
- (2011-2012 Season) Her play, "The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek," was performed at the Eclipse Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. Lee Keenan was lighting designer.
- (2011-2012 Season) Her play, "One Flea Spare," was performed at the Eclipse Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois with J.P. Pierson in the cast.
- (1995) Her play, "One Flea Spare," was performed at the Bush Theatre in London, England with Sheila Reid, Jason Watkins, Robert Langdon Lloyd, and Peter Geeves in the cast. Dominic Dromgoole was director.
- (2007) Her play, "Things of Dry Hours," was performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England with Colin McFarlane, Lorna Brown, and Gideon Turner, Raz Shaw was director.
- (April 15, 2004 to May 16, 2004) Her play, "Things of Dry Hours," was performed at the Public Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Roger Robinson (Tice Hogan); Robert Sedgwick (Corbin Teel); and Rosalyn Coleman (Cali Hogan) in the cast. James Noone was scenic designer. Phil Monat was lighting designer. Israel Hicks was director.
- (1994-1995 season) Her play, "In The Heart of America," was performed in a workshop at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Tony Kushner was director.
- (February 27 to April 6, 1996) Her play, "One Flea Spare," was performed in a Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Erin F. Joslyn (Morse); Richard Thompson (Bunce); William McNulty (Mr. William Snelgrae); Peggy Cowles (Mrs. Darcy Snelgrave) and Fred Major (Kabe) in the cast. Dominic Dromgoole was director.
- (March 13 to 28, 1998) Her play, "The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek," was performed in a Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Michael Linstroth (Dalton Chance); Tami Dixon (Pace Creagan); Jonathan Bolt (Chas Weaver); Marion McCorry (Gin Chance) and Michael Medeiros (Dray Chance) in the cast. Adrian Hall was director.
- (February 23 to March 28, 1999) Her play, "Stuffed Shirts," was performed in a T(Ext) Shirt Plays (A collection of plays commission by Actors Theatre of Louisville) production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
- (February 23 to March 28, 1999) Her play, "Manifesto," was performed in a T(Ext) Shirt Plays (A collection of plays commission by Actors Theatre of Louisville) production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
- (February 29 to April 7, 2000) Her play, "Standard," was performed in a Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
- (April 2, 2000) Her play, "Standard Time," in Ten Minute Plays (Humana Festival) production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Jason Cornwell (Young Man) in the cast. Michael Bigelow Dixon was director.
- (March 28 to 29, 2008) Her play, "One Short Sleepe ," was performed in a Humana Festival (An evening of Ten-Minute Plays) Ten Minute Plays production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Ramiz Monsef (Basheer) in the cast. Marc Masterson was director
- (March 14 to April 4, 2009) Her play, "The Hard Weather Boating Party," was performed in a Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Michael Cullen (Staddon Vance); Jesse J. Perez (Lex Nadal) and Kevin Jackson (Coyle Forester) in the cast. Jo Bonney was director.
- (2013) Her play, "The Liquid Plan," was performed in an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production at the New Theatre in Ashland, Oregon. Bill Rauch was artistic director.
- (March 28, 1996) Her play, "Slaughter City," was performed in an American premiere, New Stages Series and American Repertory Theatre production at the Hasty Pudding Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ron Daniels was director. Ashley Martin-Davis was set and costume designer. John Ambrosone was lighting designer. Glyn Perrin was original sound score composer. Christopher Walker was additional sound designer. Robert Brustein was artistic director.
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