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As an actor, I’ve worked on plays at NYTW, Atlantic Theatre Co., Playwrights’ Realm, Huntington Theatre Co., Virginia Theatre Festival, Playmakers Rep. & more… As a playwright, my plays have been workshopped at the cell, NYTW, The Flea, Liberation Theatre Company, and The Tank! 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Laure - Laure by Mya Ison Laure is a play in response to the painting “Olympia” by Manet (1865), imagining that the Black model, Laure, was not erased from the archive. By adapting themes from the “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde (1890), this play creates a three-dimensional world through its four characters, and engages with agency, gaze, and the power of the erotic. Development history: NYTW, Mondays @3 Reading (2023) The Tank, Workshop/Staged Reading (2023) Boston University, Workshop Production (2021) Awards/accolades: O’Neill Playwrights Conference 2024 Finalist Bay Area Playwright’s Festival 2023 Finalist https://www.myaison.com/writing-1/crawlspace-a-new-play monthly 0.5 2026-01-19