Margaret Lewis

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Margaret Lewis is an American playwright working in the Chicago and national theatre scene.

Fellow Travellers premiered at Stage Left Theatre in Chicago, Illinois in 2006 and won a Jeff Citation for Best New Work - Play. It also won Outstanding Playwright in the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest Competition with the highest score in the competition's history, as well as the audience favorite award.

Burying the Bones, which premiered at Stage Left Theater in 2004, garnered Jeff nominations for Best New Work, Best Supporting Actor (John Sanders as Gideon) and Best Supporting Actress (Demetria Thomas as Cassandra), and was Critic's Choice at the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. Lewis's first play, Charms for Protection, won the Julie Harris Competition.

"Creole" is scheduled for a fall production at InFusion Theatrein Chicago.

Lewis is an Illinois Arts Council artists fellow, and the recipient of a Tremain Foundation grant and a Cherry Lane mentorship. She is a member of the Stage Left Theatre ensemble, a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, and a Relative at American Theatre Company.