Audrey Cefaly


Audrey Cefaly is an American playwright.

Career highlights

Cefaly is a recipient of the 2017 Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBTQ Drama, the 2016 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award], and the 2017 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize.

Alabaster

Cefaly's play Alabaster won the 2017 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize from Marin Theatre Company.

The Gulf

Cefaly's play The Gulf won the 40th Annual . Its full length adaptation received its world premiere at Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA, in September 2016. In 2017, it was nominated for the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play or Musical and in 2018, the play won the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBTQ Drama.

Love is a Blue Tick Hound

Cefaly’s collection Love is a Blue Tick Hound is a collection of four one-acts and is published by Samuel French. It received its world premiere at Terrific New Theatre in Birmingham, AL, in of December 2016.

Maytag Virgin

In October 2015, Cefaly directed the world premiere of her Southern drama MAYTAG VIRGIN as part of the inaugural Women’s Voices Theatre Festival. The play was warmly received by audiences and critics.

Plays