About Debbie
Debbie Lamedman is a playwright, author and editor
of eight acting books published by Smith & Kraus, Inc. Debbie’s
produced plays include phat girls, Triangle Logic, Eating in the Dark, Just Add Love, and Out with the Old. phat
girls is also featured in the Smith & Kraus anthology, New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2003.
Debbie is the co-bookwriter for the musical How the Nurse Feels, which had staged readings at
both the ASCAP/Disney Workshop in Los Angeles, and New World Stages in New York City. Debbie’s one-act play Ignorance is Bliss: a Global Warning
was a commissioned piece which had its world premiere in April 2010. Most recently, Debbie’s short
play Mind Control was produced as part of the 35th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival in New York City.
In addition to her writing, Debbie is a private acting coach for students and professionals.
She has successfully taught master classes and monologue workshops around the country.
Debbie received
her MFA in theatre from Brandeis University and is a proud member of The Dramatist Guild and Actors' Equity Association.