Amy Losi

Amy Losi is an actor, director, and playwright. She worked in educational publishing for thirty years and wrote countless stories, poems, lessons, and test questions before retiring and focusing on writing plays. Her plays have been selected for over twenty festivals, and won multiple awards. Her Zoom comedy “Don't Stand Up!” won the 2020 Spirit of the Hartford Fringe Festival award. She won “Best Female Screenwriter” and “Best Female Centre Film” for the film version of her play, “No Fall My Hand.” She received a bronze scriptwriting award for the film version of her play, “Love’s a Thin Diet,” and her two leads won awards for “Best Actor” and “Best Actress.” The play is published by Next Stage Press. Her plays have appeared in the Gene Frankel Theatre Festivals, Strawberry One Act Festivals, Chain One Act Festival, NY Theatre Festival, Dream Up Festivals, Rogue Theater Festivals, Powerstories’ Voices of Women Theatre Festival, Spark Creative Works Women's Playwrighting Festival, Hartford Fringe Festival, Rochester Fringe Festival, and the Fifth Avenue Theatre Play Festival. Her full-length plays premiered at Theater for the New City and American Theatre of Actors in NYC. Amy is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the New Play Exchange. As an actress, Amy has appeared in over ninety plays, as well as commercials, independent films, and TV.

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Website: https://amylosi.net/
FB: amy.losi IG: @amy.losi


MORE ABOUT ME
I like to think my life has been defined by theatre. I saw “My Fair Lady” when I was eight, and theatre has remained an essential part of my life ever since. When the lights dim, and a show begins, I tear up – theatre is an emotional experience for me. I started acting at the age of 47 as a way to “start over” and reinvent myself after a difficult divorce. I auditioned for a role in “My Fair Lady” -- and when I was cast, I knew that was the play that had shaped my life. Over ninety plays later, acting is still my favorite thing to do. When roles for an older woman started to dwindle, I decided it was time to write my own plays and create the kinds of roles I wanted to do. I’ve always been a writer, but now it was time to be a dramatist and tell my personal story as well as stories about women – some based on research, some with a message, and some just for laughs. Writing plays gives me a lot of satisfaction – and a sense of peace. I’m just annoyed at myself that I waited this long to finally add playwriting to my resume!

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
Five years ago, I wrote a Zoom comedy that garnered a few awards and I finally turned it into a full-length comedy literally "with legs." Hoping to stage it this year. I'm just starting a new play about two successful women who find themselves adversaries in the fashion world--one in her 30s and one in her 70s. I like to write about women and discovering their commonalities.

KEYWORDS
Comedy, drama, romantic comedy, dramedy, humor, satire, female-centric, women empowerment, multi-generational, older audiences