Lina Patel

Lina Patel is an actor, playwright, TV writer. Her plays explore power, non-traditional families, and disability and have been commissioned, developed, and produced across the country and the pond. She has held residencies at The New Harmony Project (2011, 2021) and Sewanee Writers Conference (Walter E. Dakin Fellow). In 2024, she is co-moderating the inaugural Playwright's Roundtable at Rogue Machine Theater in L.A. and her new play, Traces of Desire, will be published by Bloomsbury, U.K. On television, Lina co-produced Ava DuVernay's Cherish the Day; previously, DC's Krypton. She is currently developing her original mental health drama for BET Plus and a YA hybrid-animation project with Trioscope Studios.