Anna Ziegler

Born in New York and educated at several prestigious institutions—including Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, Yale University, the University of East Anglia, and New York University—Anna Ziegler studied and honed her craft for years before her breakout play, Photograph 51, premiered in 2015 in London’s West End to rave reviews. The production, starring Nicole Kidman in her first theatrical role in decades, catapulted Ziegler to worldwide renown. Photograph 51 won London’s 2016 WhatsOnStage award for Best New Play and was heralded by news outlets including The Washington Post and The Telegraph as one of the best plays of the year. Since then, Ziegler’s work has been presented at The Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Geffen Playhouse, and The Roundabout Theatre Company, to name just a few of the theaters both experimental and established that have commissioned Ziegler’s work. Four of her best-known works are collected in Anna Ziegler: Plays One, an anthology available from Oberon Books.