LINSEY WATKINS
PLAYWRIGHT. DRAMATURG. EDUCATOR.
"We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights, and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself." Bertolt Brecht
Linsey Watkins is an American playwright and dramaturg from Tennessee currently residing in London, UK. She is passionate about making people laugh and discuss, and seeks to “redirect the narrative of women’s experiences into the words they belong in and reject conformity and oppression from those who wish to create our world for us.”
Most recently she received her MA in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths University of London. Her new play OATMEAL was featured as part of a new writing showcase at London’s Soho Theatre.
She has found success in the past with her plays OH RIGHTEOUS GOD AND SINFUL ME (premiered at The Women’s Theatre Festival, July 2019), POCKET FULL OF POSIES (written for Atlanta based company Act for a Change, June 2022), and THE SANDCASTLE MAN (performed at Indian River Theatre of the Performing Arts, June 2023 and at Little Theatre of Watertown, February 2024).