Amanda L. Andrei

Amanda L. Andrei is a playwright, literary translator, and theater critic residing in Los Angeles by way of Virginia/Washington DC. She writes epic, irreverent plays that center the concealed, wounded places of history and societies from the perspectives of diasporic Filipina women, and she co-translates from Romanian to English with her father, Codin Andrei. Her plays have been produced by Relative Theatrics and developed with Boston Court, NY Classical Theater, La MaMa, IAMA, Chalk Rep, Circle X, Echo Theatre, The Vagrancy, Pasadena Playhouse, Artists at Play, and others. Her play MAMA, I WISH I WERE SILVER won the 2022 Jane Chambers Award for Feminist Playwriting. Her reviews of theater, poetry, and translated literature have appeared in American Theatre Magazine, Rappler, Hopscotch Translation, Barrelhouse Magazine, and more. She is one of three members of the Theatre Communications Group 2023 Rising Leaders of Color. MA: Georgetown, MFA: USC. www.amandalandrei.com