Selected Essays & Contributions:
Prose, Publications, Audio
"It's Not Me, it's You -- UNLESS IT'S ME"
Artist Perspective Essay for Intermission Magazine
"You cannot take it personally." This is the most basic rule and piece of advice given about working in the arts. It is also completely impossible. Read it HERE.
“IT'S NOTHING Excavates My Experience With An Eating Disorder"
She Does the City
A piece that reflects on the process of making art, and the vulnerability and joy of sharing your insides (through metaphor) at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read it HERE.
Column Guest Writer: Observables
Rebecca Davey
"On dog videos, jumpsuits and the brilliance of Jeanette Winterson". Read it HERE.
"Voldemort Nervosa"
Bitches Be Witches (2017)
"Anorexia is a word I hate to say — it sits on my tongue like a slug I don't want to let out or acknowledge I have held inside me." A personal essay about the emotions and challenges an eating disorder can cause and the experience of seeking treatment for one. Read it HERE.
Other Publications
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT VANISHING
POETRY BOOK. Published by Baseline Press. Released October 2022.
WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN
PLAY. Published by J.G. Shillingforg Press, 2016.
60-minute version of the critically acclaimed play. This script premiered at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2012. It's had productions in Chicago (Strawdog Theatre) and Alaska (Valdez Theatre Conference), and many colleges. It's well-suited to festivals and schools.
Available Here | Also on Amazon
The full professional script for the play (85 min) can be found here.
THE BEST WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES FROM NEW PLAYS: 2019
MONOLOGUE from With Love and a Major Organ included. Edited by Lawrence Harrison. Applause Acting Series, 2019.
ONE-MINUTE PLAYS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO TINY THEATRE
Play: REALITY THEATRE (included in this anthology). Edited by Steve Ansell & Rose Burnett Bonczek. Published by Routledge, 2017. Available Here.
Narrative Audio
Full Radio Plays
WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN
AUDIO DRAMA | 77 minutes AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION
Produced with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Fringe Festival.
Starring Michela Cannon, Kaleb Alexander, Jennifer Villaverde, & Fiona Reid.
Sound design by Deanna Choi. Original Music by Matthew Barber.
Written & Directed by Julia Lederer.
Produced by Clara Altimas & Julia Lederer
Full radio adaptation of the internationally-acclaimed play.
Podcasts & Shorter Pieces
COOL GHOST (PLEASE HAUNT ME)
For: The Hidden Station
Directed by Conor Dowling, Performed by Erin McGathy,
Music by Shamie Harvey.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT VANISHING
For the Toronto Fringe, 2021
Performed by Julia Lederer
Edited by Evan Desjardins