Lisa Kron

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Lisa Kron is an American playwright and performer best known for her Tony Award–winning work on the musical "Fun Home" and her incisive, often autobiographical plays exploring identity, family, and social issues.


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instanceOf actor
bookwriter
human
lyricist
performance artist
playwright
awardReceived Drama Desk Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Obie Award
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
coFounded Five Lesbian Brothers
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1961-05-20
educatedAt Kalamazoo College
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Kron
fieldOfWork LGBTQ+ themes in theatre
autobiographical performance
feminist theatre
genre autobiographical theatre
comedy
drama
givenName Lisa
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Five Lesbian Brothers
movement contemporary theatre
name Lisa Kron
notableFor incisive, often autobiographical plays exploring identity, family, and social issues
notableWork 2.5 Minute Ride
Fun Home
The Ver**zon Play
Well
occupation librettist
lyricist
performance artist
playwright
stage actor
placeOfBirth Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
residence New York City
sexualOrientation lesbian
spouse Madeleine George
subjectOf interviews about LGBTQ+ representation in theatre
wrote book of the musical Fun Home
lyrics for the musical Fun Home
play 2.5 Minute Ride
play The Ver**zon Play
play Well

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lisa Kron
name
Second Stage Theater
notablePlaywrightProduced

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