Olga Humphrey

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occupation = Playwright, Screenwriter
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Olga Humphrey is a New York-born playwright, screenwriter and television writer. Her work has appeared throughout the United States: at Sacramento's B-Street Theater, New Georges and New Directions in New York, the Alleyway Theater in Buffalo, Boston Theater Works (where her play "Veronika Vavoom, Volcanologist" was the first original play to be produced by the theater), the Perishable Theater in Rhode Island, and Moving Arts in Los Angeles, where her one-act "Svetlana's New Flame" was named of the best one-acts in the theater's ten-year history.

Her collection of her one-acts was published by Dramatic Publishing company under the title "Fire Works". The included plays are the aforementioned "Svetlana's New Flame," "Flambe" and "Hyperactive." The latter play became quite controversial when it was scheduled for production by the Perishable Theater in Rhode Island. The play, which deals with a teenaged boy's plans to shoot up his school, was written before the Columbine School shootings in Colorado. Columbine occurred one month before the play's production, during rehearsals. The press inundated the theater with calls about whether the play would be canceled in light of the Columbine tragedy. The play was produced as scheduled and many students were encouraged to attend.

Humphrey was also a staff writer for the successful children's TV show "Oobi" which appeared on Noggin' and Nick Jr.