About the Artist

Lisa VillaMil (she/her) holds an MFA in Acting from the Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program, as well as an MA in Classical and Contemporary Text (Acting) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. As a writer, some of her notable works include: Alpha, a one-woman show about dogsled racing which received initial development through the Old Globe’s literary department in 2025, and was a semifinalist for SheNYC in 2026; Chimera, a short film that premiered at the Philadelphia Film Society in 2023; Siren, a full length play that was selected as a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival in 2020, received a staged reading in Shotgun Players’ Champagne Reading Series in 2023, and was a top ten finalist for the Stanley Drama Award in 2026; and Salamander, a full length play produced by Elephant Room Productions in Philadelphia’s 2018 Fringe Festival, benefitting Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR). Lisa was a member of The Foundry, a playwright incubator through PlayPenn, in 2020. This past June, Lisa took Alpha to the Valdez Theatre Conference in Alaska; this winter she heads to France for a writing residency at Château d’Orquevaux. As an actor, she has worked at regional theatres across the country, with a particular penchant for Shakespeare and classical text.

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