Lisa Kron

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actor bookwriter human lyricist performance artist playwright

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.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 →

Referenced by (2)

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