Rita Lewis

is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America.Rita Lewis majored in theater at college, studied acting and directing at HB Studio in Manhattan, but eventually found her passion in playwriting.

She is still amazed at the process where words on a page come to full life on stage with the talent and commitment of actors, directors and those backstage, all collaborating, hopefully, to provide an immersive and indelible experience for the audience.

Her play genres include:

Repressed family issues resurfacing in -THE UNVEILING and UNDERTOW

Futuristic dramas containing warnings to society in - ALICE, TERMINAL and, THE FAIL

An unusual, and at times farcical, resolution to a childhood conflict that separated two friends for decades in - PAST PERFECT

An 1870 western exploring women’s and societal issues that remain unresolved in modern society in- THE FALLEN

A psychological cat and mouse dynamic between a Nobel Prize winning scientist and a former patient seeking revenge in - ATTACHMENT

Inside a psychiatric hospital a dire conflict is taking place between the needs of vulnerable patients and the needs of a corporation that has recently acquired the hospital in -RAWSHOCK