Andrea Stolowitz

Andrea Stolowitz is a playwright working in traditional and experimental theater and opera. Andrea’s work embraces bold theatricality ranging from intimate portrayals of the human condition to the intersection of national history on private lives. Andrea is a member of New Dramatists, The Lacroute Playwright in Residence at The Oregon Jewish Museum Center for Holocaust Education, and the artistic director of Andrea Stolowitz Theatre Projects, the producing arm of her creative work. Andrea splits her time between Cork, Ireland; Berlin, Germany; New York; and Portland, OR. Andrea is also very, very funny.

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Website: https://andreastolowitz.com/
FB: Andrea M Stolowitz IG: @andreaswimsalot


MORE ABOUT ME
My favorite thing to do when not writing is open water swimming, especially in cold water. Like in the winter. When I make art, I look at the world differently, slightly askew, in order to eventually see the world with greater clarity and then share that clarity with others. The mental and physical exercise of cold open water swimming invites this perspective shift. This necessity to shift our perspectives to change the world, in order to make peace, in order to be human together, is also why I make theater.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
My newest work, "Numbered Be Our Days" (dir: Dónal Gallagher), is a verbatim play about the Irish-Jewish community in Cork, Ireland. The play was presented as a work-in-progress at the 2025 Cork Midsummer Festival, supported by the Irish Arts Council, The Abbey Theatre Literary and New Work department, Fishamble’s New Play Clinic, and the Cork Theatre Collective. Additional developing work includes: a commission from the Lucille Lortel’s Alcove Project about the decade from 1979-1989 when we almost stopped climate change, an interview-based project about Bigfoot which is really about the urban-rural divide, and a play with music called "Earthnauts into the Future" about the last two members of an intentional community.

KEYWORDS
Jewish, Nature, Parenting, Climate, Environmental, Historical, Verbatim, Ensemble, Holocaust, Comedy