Anna Ziegler is an American playwright. She was educated at Saint Ann's School, studied English at

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, earned an MA in poetry from the

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in 2002, and graduated with an MFA in dramatic writing from

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in 2004. In 2015, Ziegler's play '' Photograph 51'', about the part played by

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in the discovery of the structure of

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, was staged in London's West End, with

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in the role of Franklin. Kidman won The Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her performance. In ''The New York Times'', in 2015, Ziegler was described as "newly (and justly) hot" and her writing as "lyrical...

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a luminous beauty."

Plays

*''BFF'' (2007) *''Life Science'' (2007) *'' Photograph 51'' (2008) – winner 2016 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play *''Dov and Ali'' (2008) – productions at The Playwrights Realm in New York, 2009 and Theatre 503 in London, 2008 *''Another Way Home'' (2011) *''Boy'' (2015)—nominee for 2016 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner award *''A Delicate Ship'' (2015) – premiere at The Playwrights Realm *''The Last Match'' (2015) – production at Roundabout Theatre Company, Fall 2017 *''Actually'' (2017) – co world-premiere productions at the

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, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Manhattan Theatre Club, 2017 *''The Minotaur'' (2018) *''The Great Moment'' (2019) – premiere at Seattle Repertory Theatre *''The Wanderers'' (2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ziegler, Anna 1979 births Living people Yale College alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Tisch School of the Arts alumni 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights 21st-century American women writers American women dramatists and playwrights Writers from Brooklyn Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) alumni