Lydia R. Diamond

Lydia R. Diamond

Lydia R. Diamond (b. Detroit, Michigan, April 14, 1969) is an American playwright. Her plays include "Here I Am...See Can You Handle It, The Inside" adapted from the poems of Nikki Giovanni, "Stage Black, The Gift Horse, Stick Fly, Voyeurs de Venus, The Bluest Eye", an adaptation from Toni Morrison's novel and Harriet Jacobs' "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" (work-in-progress).

She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Northwestern University and has taught at Loyola University, Columbia College, Boston University and with Chicago Dramatists Outreach Program.

Recently "Voyeurs de Venus" won a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work.


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