abs wilson

abs wilson is a playwright, songwriter, and educator. Most recently, she’s a recipient of the 2024 Richard Rodgers Award, recipient of the Lucille Lortel Theatre’s 121 Project grant (2025), selected writer for the Orchard Project Summer Series (2025) selected writer for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals (2024), selected writer for the Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference (2024), and selected writer for the Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat (2024). She’s had work developed with numerous organizations, including the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Theatre Barn, Drama Club, Kayenta Theater, Paper Kraine, Fusion Theater, Vanguard Theater, and colleges across the US including Syracuse University, Millikin University, and St. Olaf College. Her and Veronica Mansour’s song “Runaway Girl” was a winner of Taylor Louderman’s Write Out Loud Songwriting Contest (2023), and her play “I CRAVE THE HEAT” is published in Some Scripts Literary Magazine. She holds an MFA from NYU Tisch’s Musical Theater Writing Program, and is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild, ASCAP, and Maestra. Past Works: I CRAVE THE HEAT, As Long as the Light, SPACE OVEN, All We Know of Love & Fire, HE DID IT., Dutch Kassidy & the Skydance Guy, ASTRONOMER / STAR-WEAVER., DEAD ANY WAY. Current Works: LIGHTHOUSE, RAT KING, SWAMP SONG, TOUGH GUY, KELLY NOWAK.