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I AM AN ISLAND @ HERE FOR NOW THEATRE
May 27th to June 7th, 2026 at Here For Now Theatre in Stratford, Canada.
I Am An Island had sold out run at Here For Now theatre in Stratford, Ontario. For information about the play, go here.
“Julia Lederer is a writer with a delightfully original voice.” - The Toronto Star
Recent
The Minister of Loneliness @ Ammunition Theatre
April 30th, 2026
The Minister of Loneliness was selected and performed as part of Ammunition Theatre's AMMO-NYMOUS Reading Series in West Hollywood.
Slight Breeze Studios Screens EAT YOUR HEART OUT
EAT YOUR HEART OUT
April 18th in Brooklyn, NYC.
EAT YOUR HEART OUT was featured at Slight Breeze Studios’ Slow Fade Theatre screenings in Brooklyn, NYC. More on this film.
WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN @ CYRANO’S THEATRE
March 27th - April 19th, 2026 at Cyrano’s Theatre in Anchorage, Alaska.
With Love and a Major Organ was recently produced in Alaska. "Why is it that we are ever more connected and yet we have never felt more alone? A modern-day fable about what it costs to give your heart away, and what happens when you discover you actually have one." More on this play.
SMALLBOTS @ NANAIMO YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE
April 8th-11th, 2026 at the OV Arts Centre in Nanaimo, BC.
A play inspired by youth activism, our dependence on technology, and talking to teenagers about what kind of world they want, last produced in Nanaimo, British Columbia. More on this play.
THE MINISTER OF LONELINESS @ CIRCLE X THEATRE
January 26th, 2026 in Los Angeles.
"Do you ever feel so lonely you want to rip your own face off just to look at it?"
The Minister of Loneliness has made herself the loneliest person in the world so she can advocate for loneliness and lonely people. Unfortunately her actual job was to eliminate loneliness completely. A new play developed in CircleX Theatre's 2025/26 Evolving Playwrights Group. More on this play.
FLIES @ BOMBSHELL DANCE PROJECT
October, 2024 at AT&T Centre for the Performing Arts in Dallas.
“We lost ourselves when we lost the world."
A narrative dance piece with text, developed with Bombshell Dance Project. Inspired by Lord of the Flies, but with an island inhabited by women, ages 25- 35. More on this one.
Obsessed
OBSESSED is a recurring, curated cultural talk series in Los Angeles. It happens once a month. On December 15th, 2025, Julia was invited to speak about her obsession with the BEST sequel of all-time: HOCUS POCUS 2.
photo credit is Zach Arch @shotbyzacharch
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