Lesley Lisa Greene

Lesley Lisa Greene is a playwright and composer based in Ithaca, NY. Her full-length play about abortion access, The Turnaway Play, will premiere at the Kitchen Theatre Company in May 2024. She has composed music for nine musicals for young audiences with playwright/lyricist Rachel Lampert. Lesley is co-director of Story House Ithaca, an organization that brings people together to share, study, create, and enjoy stories in all their forms. She co-founded and continues to be an organizer of Porchfest, a festival that began in Ithaca in 2007 and now takes place in more than 180 cities across North America. Lesley is also a sound designer, video editor, director, swing dance instructor, and the winner of the 2024 Debra S. Newman '02 Cornell Tradition Community Recognition Award! She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the International Centre for Women Playwrights, and the New Play Exchange.

WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA
FB: lesley.l.greene
IG: @lesleygreene1                                                

MORE ABOUT ME:
I keep doing theater because I love to collaborate on creative projects, and theater is the ultimate in creative collaboration.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
I am working on a small-cast musical about a father with Alzheimer's and his daughter.