Writer
SELECTED PLAYS
SHE SE PUEDE (a chorus of Huertas) 6W
World Premiere- Oakland Theater Project, 2026
Dir. Karina Gutierrez
REMEMBER ME REMEMBER 6 W 2M
Workshop-Oakland Theater Project, 2025
Dir. Michael Moran
Workshop-LAByrinth Theater Company, 2024
Dir. Lisa Ramirez
ALL FALL DOWN
Workshop- People’s Light Theater, 2023
Dir. Lisa Portes
BOOK OF SAND (a fairytale), 1M, 1F
Production - World Premiere- Oakland Theater Project, 2022 Dir. Susannah Martin
ALL FALL DOWN, 4F, 4M
Workshop - Center Theatre Group – Los Angeles, 2022 Dir. Lisa Peterson
sAiNt jOaN (burn/burn/burn) 5F
Production - World Premiere- Oakland Theater Project, 2021 Dir. Michael Moran
IN THE MOUNTAINS, 2F, 1M
Benefit Reading - Workshop Theater, New York, 2020 Dir. Thomas Coté
DOWN HERE BELOW, 10F, 10M
Production – World Premiere- Oakland Theater Project, 2019 Dir. Michael French
TO THE BONE, 5F, 3M
Production – West Coast Premiere- Oakland Theater Project, 2017 Dir. Michael Moran
Production - World Premiere - Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, 2014 Dir. Lisa Peterson
PAS DE DEUX (lost my shoe), 1F solo show
Workshop – Theatre Works, Silicon Valley, 2021 Dir. Jeffrey Lo
EXIT CUCKOO (nanny in motherland), 1F Solo Show
Production – West Coast Premiere - Oakland Theater Project, 2016 Dir. Michael Moran
Production - World Premiere - Clurman Theatre, New York, 2010 Dir. Colman Domingo
ART OF MEMORY, 4F
Production – World Premiere - 3-Legged Dog, New York, 2010 Dir. Tanya Calamoneri
TV / FILM
FIFTY – Original ½ hour Pilot – writer, in development, 2022
TO THE BONE full length film – writer, in development, 2022
IN THE MOUNTAINS - short film – writer, in pre-production, 2022 Dir. Michele Noble
HONORS / AWARDS
Lucas Artist Residency Program Fellowship (2026-2029)
REMEMBER ME REMEMBER - Ojai Playwrights Center finalist- 2026
People’s Light Theater, New Play Frontiers Commission, 2024
SHE SE PUEDE (a chorus of Huertas) - Gerbode Foundation Writers grant- 2024
BOOK OF SAND (a fairytale) - Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nominee- 2023
sAiNt jOaN (burn burn burn)- Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nominee- 2022
DOWN HERE BELOW - Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award- Best Ensemble- 2019
TO THE BONE- Bay Area Critics Circle Award Winner- Best Production- 2018
TO THE BONE - Helen Merrill Playwriting Award- 2017
EXIT CUCKOO (nanny in motherland) - Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nominee- 2016
TO THE BONE - Kilroy List- 2016
TO THE BONE - Pulitzer Prize Nominee- 2015
TO THE BONE - Drama Desk Nominee- 2015
REVIEWS
To The Bone
”To The Bone is a contemporary American drama written in the tradition of John Steinbeck’s; Of Mice and Men, that gives the audience a close up look into the lives of the invisible work force that puts food on our table.” — New York Theater
Down Here Below
“Part of the pleasure of Down Here Below is that we know everything we need to know immediately. Ramirez has a gift for dramatic portraiture and wastes no time with character development: that’s a lesson I wish 90% of American playwrights would learn. And so what we get is a world, a society sketched before us with exacting detail and vibrant life.” - John Wilkins, The Free Audience
Book of Sand (a fairytale)
“Ramirez’s poetic script is gripping.” - Patricia L. Morin, Theatrius
sAiNt jOaN (burn/burn/burn)
“Lisa Ramirez makes forcefully clear that too much all the time is a permanent condition for Generation Z and that it would be for the rest of us too if we weren’t accustomed to it to the point of blindness. Ramirez has both a musician’s and a linguist’s ear for dialogue.” — Lily Janiak, SF Chronicle