Peggy Stafford is a Brooklyn-based playwright.
Her plays include Everything Is Here (Clubbed Thumb/Playwrights Horizon, Vineyard Reading Series), 16 Words or Less (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks, The Kilroy’s), Motel Cherry (Clubbed Thumb/New Georges), Jewel Casket (New Georges/Dixon Place Puppet BloK), and Three Miracles and a Giant (Annex Theatre, Page 73/HERE). Her work has also been performed and developed at theatres including Soho Rep, Women’s Project, Two River, Bottom’s Dream, Circle X, On The Boards, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Tank, and The Playhouse in Northern Ireland.
Her short film (adapted from her play), 16 Words or Less, has garnered awards both nationally and internationally including Best First Short Film Award at the Boden International Film Festival in Sweden, First Time Filmmaker Award at LA Indies, Best Short Film Award at the Durgapur International Film Festival in West Bengal, and Finalist for Best Short at the Austin Indie Film Festival. The film was an Official Selection at festivals including Berlin Short Film Festival, Port Townsend Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Vancouver Independent Film Festival, Stockholm Short Festival, NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival, Near Nazareth Festival in Israel, Cotswold International Film Festival, and Waterford International Film Festival.
Her work has been supported by The MacDowell Colony, Clubbed Thumb Writers’ Group, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Women’s Project Lab, The Vineyard, MACHIQQ, Playwrights Horizon SuperLab, Page 73, Pataphysics/Texas, and a New Georges Audrey Residency. She is a proud affiliated artist at Clubbed Thumb and New Georges.
Peggy is Chair of the Playwriting Program and Assistant Professor of Playwriting at SUNY Purchase. She will be launching a new Study Abroad Program: The Role of the Artist in Peacebuilding in Belfast, Northern Ireland in Summer 2023. She has taught playwriting at the University of Rochester’s International Theatre Program, Juniata College’s Gravity Project, and Marymount Manhattan College.