Isabella Waldron
she/her
Portland, OR
Biography

I am an Oregon-born, London-based playwright with a passion for intergenerational, queer and women-led stories. My work explores themes of desire, the body and science often. I write magical realism and lyricism into character-driven, realistic settings. I believe in stories that hold tenderness at their heart as a radical act. 

 

My play 'how to build a wax figure' was published with Methuen in 2021, originated at the Pleasance in Feb 2022 and premiered with Assembly at Edinburgh Fringe in 2022. Other work has been shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Prize 2023, the Bay Area Playwrights’ Foundation 2022, and the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2021. My writing has been commissioned for the Orleans Gallery’s Lines of Dissent, and featured with Bomb Factory Theatre, Omnibus Theatre, Golden Goose, Silver Lining Co., 24 Hour Plays, Theatre NOVA, Our Digital Stories, The WorkShop Theatre, the Portland Actors’ Conservatory, and as a San Francisco Chronicle Critic’s Choice.