An internationally-acclaimed writer, Julia's plays have been produced across North America and in Europe, and her films have been selections at major festivals, including TIFF, Palm Springs, and SXSW.
Julia's work is driven by a deep curiosity about the world and how weird it is to be a human here.
She has also published poetry and essays, written for podcasts, and is an award-winning copywriter. Currently her first feature, WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN, is screening at festivals around the world, after its premiere at SXSW.
ABOUT
Julia is a writer from Toronto, Canada, who brings her distinct voice, humour, and imagination to a variety of mediums, including theatre, film, television, audio, copywriting, and prose.
Coming from theatre, Julia's plays have been produced to acclaim across North America and in Europe. Her work has been nominated for awards internationally, including the Los Angeles' Drama Critics' Circle's "Best Production" and the Playwrights Guild of Canada's Tom Hendry Awards (2021 & 2022).
As a screenwriter, her work has been shortlisted for the Sundance Film Festival’s Labs four-times, short-listed at the Austin Film Festival, and she recently won “Best Screenplay” at Berlin’s Feminist Filmmakers Festival (for WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN). She was the recipient of the Gold Craft Award for copywriting at the 2023 Marketing Awards
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OTHER PROJECTS
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SXSW HIT, WITH LOVE
AND A MAJOR
ORGAN: DISTRIBUTION &
STREAMING
Julia’s first feature film adaptation of her hit play, has screened all over the world, at major festivals including: SXSW, Fantasia, and BiFan. It finished its theatrical run, and is available for streaming and purchase in the US and Canada, and as a Limited Edition Blu-Ray. Read More
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BANFF CENTRE FOR THE
ARTS: WRITING RESIDENCY
Julia was playwright in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity. She spent her time working on her play, I AM AN ISLAND, which just premiered in Dallas at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, produced by the Watering Hole Collective. Read More
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I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
VANISHING
Julia’s book of poetry, I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT VANISHING, was published by Baseline Press, where it sold out three print runs. The piece began as an audio piece, created for the Toronto Fringe Festival’s Community Booster in 2021.
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"A brash, poetic, and fiercely original voice."
- NOW Toronto
"Theatre that lets go of realism and embraces the joys and language."
- Crain's Chicago
"Lederer has a deliciously twisted way with words... the end result is pure elation."
- Chicago Stage Standard
"Lederer’s dialogue is laced with sophisticated poetry and wry insight."
- The Los Angeles Times
"Endlessly quotable... poetic, playful, and wholly original."
- Torontoist
"Julia Lederer is a writer with a delightfully original voice."
The Toronto Star
"Just about perfect… rises to a rare level of universal truth, all while making us laugh. A lot."
- New City Stage, Chicago
“Julia Lederer's script was beautiful and original. Poetic and heartbreaking."
- BroadwayWorld
"Wonderfully weird, piercingly poetic, and unexpectedly moving."
- Crain's Chicago
"[A] voice that is immediately funny and relatable."
- NOW Toronto
"Julia Lederer’s plays are full of off-the-wall observations and imagination."
- The Slotkin Letter
"Whimsical, magical, and authentically real."
- Stage Scene, LA
A brash, poetic, and fiercely original voice.
- NOW Toronto
Theatre that lets go of realism and embraces the joys and language.
- Crain's Chicago
Lederer has a deliciously twisted way with words... the end result is pure elation.
- Chicago Stage Standard
Lederer’s dialogue is laced with sophisticated poetry and wry insight.
- The Los Angeles Times
Endlessly quotable... poetic, playful, and wholly original.
- Torontoist
Julia Lederer is a writer with a delightfully original voice.
The Toronto Star
ust about perfect… rises to a rare level of universal truth, all while making us laugh. A lot.
- New City Stage, Chicago
Julia Lederer's script was beautiful and original. Poetic and heartbreaking.
- BroadwayWorld
Wonderfully weird, piercingly poetic, and unexpectedly moving.
- Crain's Chicago
[A] voice that is immediately funny and relatable.
- NOW Toronto
Julia Lederer’s plays are full of off-the-wall observations and imagination.
- The Slotkin Letter
Whimsical, magical, and authentically real.
- Stage Scene, LA
