Sibyl Kempson

Sibyl Kempson (born 1973) is an American playwright and performer, who received the 2018 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-career.

Kempson was raised in Pequannock Township, New Jersey.

Academics and fellowships

 * She received her B.F.A. in 1995 from Bennington College.
 * She received her M.F.A. in 2007 from Brooklyn College.
 * She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow.
 * She has taught at Brooklyn College, The New School, and Sarah Lawrence College.
 * She is a 2014 USA Rockefeller Fellow.

Collaborators
New York City Players, Elevator Repair Service, Big Dance Theater, Advanced Beginner Group, Mike Iveson, Rude Mechanicals (theater company), Salvage Vanguard, Physical Plant, Rubber Rep.
 * She is a member of New Dramatists, class of 2017.

Plays

 * The Wytche of Problymm Plantation
 * Bad Girls, Good Writers
 * The Secret Death of Puppets (or) How Do Puppets Die? (or) Puppets Die In Secret
 * Ich, Kürbisgeist
 * Potatoes of August
 * Crime or Emergency
 * Restless Eye
 * So Much To Go Crazy
 * River of Gruel, Pile of Pigs: The Requisite Gesture(s) of Narrow Approach