Cori Thomas

Cori Thomas (Playwright)(she/her) is an-award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and author. She is the Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at WP Theater and a Soros Equality Fellow. Produced Plays include LOCKDOWN (TRW Plays); When January Feels Like Summer (Dramatic Publishing Company); Co- Author: I Cried To Dream Again – Penguin/Random House (May 2022) Finalist “In The Margins” Social Justice Book Award. Multiple residencies and fellowships including Mellon Foundation Playwright-In-Residence at WP Theater in NYC; MacDowell; Sundance Institute; O’Neill National Playwrights Conference; Bogliasco Foundation; Baryshnikov Foundation, Jerome Foundation; New Dramatists Alum; Helen Merrill Prize, American Theater Critic’s Association Osborne Award- Best New Play, and
more.
Co-Founder San Quentin Film Festival SQFF (Fall 2024) www.sanquentinfilmfestival.com