Lisa Kenner Grissom | Book
Lisa Kenner Grissom is an award-winning playwright/screenwriter who is known for creating multi-layered characters, mining humor in darkness, and finding moments of levity in discomfort. Since visiting Vilnius, Lithuania in 2019, Lisa has embarked on several projects including FOLLOWING FANIA, a documentary about Jewish female resistance fighters, and the new musical VILNA: A RESISTANCE STORY. Selected plays: HERE COMES THE NIGHT (Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist), MOTHERLAND (Jewish Plays Project Finalist), and FOUR CHAMBERS (Recipient of The Jean Kennedy Smith Award, The Kennedy Center). She has been a finalist for the Ashland New Play Festival, The O’Neill, The Lark, Playwrights' Center, Princess Grace Fellowship, and Heideman Award. Lisa also wrote/produced the award-winning short film, TATTOO YOU, which has screened at film festivals across the U.S. and internationally. A two-time O’Neill Kennedy Center Fellow, Lisa’s work has been developed/produced across the country.