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Lauren Gunderson
Lauren Gunderson (born February 5, 1982) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and short story author who was born in Atlanta. She lived in San Francisco but is now in London. Gunderson was recognized by American Theatre magazine as America's most produced living playwright at Theatre Communications Group (TCG, the magazine's publisher) member theaters in 2017, in 2019–20, and 2025-26.
Gunderson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, attended Decatur High School, and first earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Emory University in 2004, and her Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2009, where she was also a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship.
She married virologist Nathan Wolfe in 2012. They separated in October 2025. They have 2 sons.
Lauren Gunderson began her career with a passion for storytelling that highlights remarkable female figures in history, science, and literature. She is one of the top 20 most-produced playwrights in the country, and has been America's most produced living playwright since 2016. She has had over twenty plays produced, including I and You, Émilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight, Parts They Call Deep, and Background.
She has ranked among America’s most produced playwrights since 2015 (American Theatre Magazine), leading the list three times, most recently for the 2022–23 season.
In 2026, it was revealed that Gunderson's name appeared in the Epstein files nine times. These correspondences were mostly related to various invitations and announcements sent from Gunderson to Jeffrey Epstein, including an invitation to her and Nathan Wolfe's wedding and an invitation to their yacht party. Gunderson denies ever meeting Epstein, though a 2010 email from Epstein to Wolfe discusses a recent dinner they shared, stating "your fiance is great... that was fun". Gunderson disputes that she was at the dinner. On February 3, 2026, The Contemporary Theater Company in Wakefield, Rhode Island, announced it was cancelling a planned 2026 production of Gunderson's play The Revolutionists because of her and her ex-husband's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Gunderson's first play, Parts They Call Deep, premiered in 2001, exploring complex emotional and psychological themes in young adults. It won the 2002 Young Playwrights National Playwriting Competition and was produced Off-Broadway by Young Playwrights Inc. as part of the Young Playwrights Festival at the Cherry Lane Theater.
in 2005, Gunderson premiered Background, a play which centers on physicist Ralph Alpher and his contributions to science. It won the Essential Theatre Prize in 2004 and was published in 2009 in Isotope: A Literary Journal of Nature and Science Writing (issue 7.2).
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Lauren Gunderson
Lauren Gunderson (born February 5, 1982) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and short story author who was born in Atlanta. She lived in San Francisco but is now in London. Gunderson was recognized by American Theatre magazine as America's most produced living playwright at Theatre Communications Group (TCG, the magazine's publisher) member theaters in 2017, in 2019–20, and 2025-26.
Gunderson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, attended Decatur High School, and first earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Emory University in 2004, and her Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2009, where she was also a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship.
She married virologist Nathan Wolfe in 2012. They separated in October 2025. They have 2 sons.
Lauren Gunderson began her career with a passion for storytelling that highlights remarkable female figures in history, science, and literature. She is one of the top 20 most-produced playwrights in the country, and has been America's most produced living playwright since 2016. She has had over twenty plays produced, including I and You, Émilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight, Parts They Call Deep, and Background.
She has ranked among America’s most produced playwrights since 2015 (American Theatre Magazine), leading the list three times, most recently for the 2022–23 season.
In 2026, it was revealed that Gunderson's name appeared in the Epstein files nine times. These correspondences were mostly related to various invitations and announcements sent from Gunderson to Jeffrey Epstein, including an invitation to her and Nathan Wolfe's wedding and an invitation to their yacht party. Gunderson denies ever meeting Epstein, though a 2010 email from Epstein to Wolfe discusses a recent dinner they shared, stating "your fiance is great... that was fun". Gunderson disputes that she was at the dinner. On February 3, 2026, The Contemporary Theater Company in Wakefield, Rhode Island, announced it was cancelling a planned 2026 production of Gunderson's play The Revolutionists because of her and her ex-husband's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Gunderson's first play, Parts They Call Deep, premiered in 2001, exploring complex emotional and psychological themes in young adults. It won the 2002 Young Playwrights National Playwriting Competition and was produced Off-Broadway by Young Playwrights Inc. as part of the Young Playwrights Festival at the Cherry Lane Theater.
in 2005, Gunderson premiered Background, a play which centers on physicist Ralph Alpher and his contributions to science. It won the Essential Theatre Prize in 2004 and was published in 2009 in Isotope: A Literary Journal of Nature and Science Writing (issue 7.2).
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