erin osgood

Erin Osgood (she/her) is a playwright, actress, and Dramatists Guild member living in Michigan. She has a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Michigan and is an active volunteer with the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan. Erin’s work has been produced throughout the country and abroad. Her plays include: THE AFTER (2021 Semi-Finalist Garry Marshall Theatre’s New Works Festival, 2021 Semi-Finalist Wild Imaginings’ New Works Festival), FAMILY PAINS (2018 Concert Reading at Purple Rose Theatre, 2017 CTAM winner, 2017 Finalist Todd McNerney Playwriting Award, 2016 Finalist Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women), MINOR DEVIATIONS (2020 Barrington Stage Company’s 10x10 Festival, 2018 Best Play Sandbox Festival, 2019 Estrogenius Festival NYC, 2019 MadLab), and PASSING THE BUCK (2015 Sandbox Festival).

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Website:https://www.erinosgood.com
IG:@osgooderin
TW: @erinosgood
FB: Erin Osgood
NPX: https://newplayexchange.org/users/13416/erin-osgood

MORE ABOUT ME
Disappointment is a constant in a creative's life. More specifically, rejection can feel like your heart has been ripped out of your chest, kicked around, and thrown in a dumpster. Starting out as an actor, I have not been cast in many roles that I really wanted. I never knew rejection until I began to write. Putting your soul into a script, sending it out in the world and letting complete strangers decide its value and worthiness is a tortuous endeavor. Why in the world would I subject myself to this? Why do I open the emails that most likely have bad news? Because I have to. I have stories in me that just have to come out. I write for myself, and I do love when others like my stories, but creating the story is my reward. Now, I may be disappointed I missed out on an opportunity, but I keep my eyes to the future.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
I have a few projects I am working on. Three full length plays: The After, My Mother, the Serial Killer, and Emergency Protocol Camouflage. I am also working on a script written specifically for Covid times that will be filmed using Zoom and other formats. Its title is Eyes to the Stars.

KEYWORDS
​Environmental, climate, science fiction, apocalyptic, mystery, equality, people of color, badass women roles