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Cindy Lou Johnson’s epic play THE NEW AMERICANS launched A.C.T.’s (San Francisco) New Voices series. It was developed at Tisch, where Johnson was a guest artist, and workshopped at New York Stage and Film. Johnson is best known for her play BRILLIANT TRACES, which was produced by the Circle Repertory Company at the Cherry Lane Theatre and has had many productions throughout the United States and Canada, and was produced in Paris at Théâtre de la Gaîté. A filmed version was produced for Canadian television, and a translation into American Sign Language premiered in Los Angeles. Johnson’s other plays include THE YEARS, BLESSE, and THE PERSON I ONCE WAS. She has had productions at The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Circle Repertory Company, The Alliance Theatre, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, and The Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, among other places. THE YEARS was also produced for Canadian television. Johnson is a graduate of Cornell University and the Sorbonne and a recipient of the National Endowment Playwriting Fellowship. She also writes for film and television.
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