MARTHA PATTERSON
Playwright, poet, essayist, & fiction author -- published by Smith & Kraus, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, & others
Martha Patterson is a playwright, poet, essayist, and fiction author. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts and has two degrees in Theatre, from Mount Holyoke College and Emerson College. She is a member of Actors' Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild.
Martha is a great writer of dialogue and situation and also is able to create fascinating and complex characters in a very short time on stage. She is an especially vivid and insightful writer of female characters.
- Alex Broun, Artistic Director at Constellation Dubai
Martha has a gift for writing about great interpersonal relationships, moving characters and great dialogue.
- JulieAnn Govang, Owner/Editor, JAC Publishing and Promotions, Owner/Editor/Critic, New England Entertainment Digest
Martha's awe-inspiring connection to a silenced past moved her to create Amarilis, a woman of 80 who would tell her massacre story to her neighbor in her living room, but not without ending her monologue by asking, "Now, about that lemonade. May I offer you some?"...Martha, again, has combined research with art and un-silenced by way of theatre.
- Nehanda Loiseau, Producer of Border of Lights Evening of Monologues, New York City (www.borderoflights.org), and Border Story Fest (Duke University)