Eric Lane

Eric Lane is an award-winning playwright, filmmaker and book editor. With Nina Shengold, he has edited 12 contemporary play anthologies for Viking Penguin and Vintage Books, earning them a Lambda Literary Award nomination. Eric's plays have been performed in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel and China. Plays include Ride, Floating, Heart of the City, Times of War and Dancing on Checkers’ Grave. His works are published by Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts and Applause Books. Eric wrote and produced the short films First Breath and Cater-Waiter, which he also directed. For TV’s Ryan’s Hope, he received a Writer’s Guild Award. Honors include the La MaMa Playwright Award, the Berrilla Kerr Award, plus fellowships at Yaddo and St. James Cavalier in Malta. Eric is an honors graduate of Brown University. He is artistic director of Orange Thoughts Productions, a not-for-profit theater and film company in New York City.  www.ericlanewrites.com