theater maker

Monica Flory is a collaboration-loving playwright, director, and educator who writes for professional and young performers. Recent original works include The Wanting Forest (Silk Moth Stage), Rosemallow House (Poly Prep), Bank of Violets (Wardlaw + Hartridge), One Last Ride (Ghostlight) and the films Made of Paper and Because of Dragons.

Her recent directing credits include Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell, S P A C E by L. M. Feldman, Lost Girl by Kimberly Belflower, Boundless by Mary Fishburne, Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, Anon(ymous) by Naomi Iizuka, and Alice by Heart by Duncan Sheik.

She is an education consultant for Studio Theatre in DC, a camp director of Ghostlight Theater Camp in Warwick, NY, and a founding member of Humble Materials at Philly PACK in Philadelphia. Her works are published by Concord/Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, and Brooklyn Publishers. She lives in Philadelphia with her family.