Poetic Justice is an evening of two literary one-act plays  that passionately celebrate the literary life. 

 In You Must Change Your Life, discover how Ranier Maria Rilke mentors a young poet and his letters become legendary.

In Divine Madness, explore the tempestuous marriage of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick, whom he betrays in life and literature.

Lynne Kaufman (playwright) is the author of twenty full-length plays and four novels, most recently “Divine Madness”. She has had numerous plays premiered at The Marsh including “Acid Test”, “Two Minds” and “Who Killed Sylvia Plath”, which won best play in The Marsh’s International Solo Festival.

Her play “Daisy in the Dreamtime” was presented by The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles as a recipient of a Hot Properties Grant from the L.A. Arts Council and  The A.S.K. Foundation    It had its New York City premiere at The Abingdon Theatre and its university premiere at S.F. State University as the recipient of the  Rella Lossy Playwright’s Award. “Daisy in the Dreamtime” was published in Women Playwrights: Best New Plays and by Dramatic Publishing.  She was the recipient of The Otis Guernsey Outstanding New Voice in American Theatre Award from The William Inge Theatre Festival.  Her play “William Blake in Hollywood” won The Neil Simon Festival Theatre’s best comedy award.

Her play “Fakes” premiered at Florida Studio Theatre and was optioned for film by 20th Century Fox and for television by Jean Doumanian Productions. “Shooting Simone” premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville  Humana Festival and received six subsequent regional productions. It was published by Dramatic Publishing.

Four of her plays premiered at The Magic Theatre including “The Couch”, which won The Glickman Award for Best New Play in San Francisco and “Speaking in Tongues”, which  won a  Kennedy Center/NEA/  Fund for New  American Plays Award.  Her play “Our Lady of the Desert” won Theatreworks ‘Best New Play in California Award”.