Mildred Inez Lewis
she/her
About
MILDRED INEZ LEWIS writes and directs for theater, film, podcasts and the digital space. A Dramatists Guild member, she writes with Central Works, PlayGround-LA, and Towne Street Theatre. She is an associate artist with the Rogue Artists Ensemble.
Current commissions include JUKED, an adaptation of ELECTRA for A Different Myth (Asheville, NC), FANTASMAS CROSSINGS for the Lucille Lortel, and SMITH’S REVENGE for Ohlone College. In 2021, the Harlem9, Lucille Lortel and National Black Theatre commissioned GHOSTS OF BLACKNESS.
Fiction podcasts include $10 AND A TAMBOURINE, nominated for a 2021 Ambie Award as part of the Zip Code series. MEETS FROG, LOVES PRINCE was produced by the Feminist Fairytales series.
Current productions include LOUISIANA SHOAL for the 2023 Fade to Black Festival.
Honors include the 2022 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway festival (finalist), 2021 L.B. Williams Award from New Circle Theatre (NYC) and Humanitas’ PLAY LA (2018).
Publications include THE GIFT and /KOM’PLISIT/ with Broadway Play Publishing. WE JUMP BROOM appears in Smith & Krauss’ 2023 10-Minute play anthology.
At The Orchard Project
- 2023Audio Lab
Phylicia's Friendship Bench
Recently widowed Phylicia Banks escapes a life of upper class black ease by taking a Friendship Bench across the United States to honor the last trip she took with her husband to Zimbabwe. She discovers America's hidden hurts and unexpected joys while turning her grief into purpose with candor and humor.