erin moughon

Erin Moughon is a playwright and teacher based in New York City. She is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild and an Arthur Miller Fellow. Erin also loves being a cat mom to two tuxedo kittens and being married to David. Some of her short plays can be found in several editions of The Best Ten Minute Plays edited by Lawrence Harbison and her monologues can be found in Voices of America Vol 1, 3, & 4 edited by Mike Lesser of the Playground Experiment. Check more of her plays out on the New Play Exchange.

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
FB: https://www.facebook.com/erin.moughon
IG: @erinplaywright

MORE ABOUT ME
As strange as it may sound (and I promise this comes full circle to Honor Roll!), The Sound of Music changed my life. I saw it when I was six, and the actor playing Maria had long brown hair just like me. It was magic and amazing, and I saw myself on stage, which made me want to create theatre. Later, I had a former student play Maria, and it made my heart swell again because here was a young Jewish Latine woman playing Maria, and I saw in the crowd other young women like her getting inspired. Now I want to create work where people of all ages can see themselves in the work, especially those over 40. Theatre is not just for those who look a certain way, whether that is gender, race, or age.

I want artistic directors to know that artistic statements are awful. I would much rather you just read my play.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
I recently discovered that all of my works are about women seeking agency over their own lives. So I'm working on that in a couple of different pieces.

KEYWORDS
​Demisexual, Christian, Dark Comedy, Magical Realism, science fiction, Realism, Horror, Women's Autonomy, adaptations, autobiographical