Artist

Lexi Silva

Lexi Silva (she/her) is the Dramaturgy Fellow at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a dual appointment at PlayMakers Repertory Company. She is an alumna of Indiana University, Bloomington where she completed an MFA in Dramaturgy in the program’s inaugural cohort. Lexi also holds an M.A. in English Literature from California State University, Stanislaus where she previously received a dual B.A. in Theatre Arts and English.  A freelance contributor for American Theatre magazine, Chicago, she began her career as a Literary Intern at Steppenwolf Theatre Company prior to moving to the Triangle. Her most recent research explores embodied practices and active dramaturgy in new play development processes. Lexi is from Hilmar, California.

PlayMakers: Dramaturgy Fellow from 2023 to present. Recent credits: The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones, Clyde’s, Misery, Much Ado about Nothing, Fat Ham, Murder on the Orient Express, The Game (PlayMakers Repertory Company); 

Regional Dramaturgy: Sea Change (Capital Arts Theatre Guild); No Man’s Land (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); The Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night, or what you will, The Mesquite Tree, The Pinata, Decolonizing Your Mind with Walter Mercado, 1970’s College Sex Comedy (Indiana University, Bloomington); How We Return (Cardinal Stage, Bloomington).

Publications: “NAATC Opens New Doors for Indy Theatremakers,”American Theatre magazine; “Active Dramaturgy in the New Play Process, or, What I Learned from Walter Mercado,” Indiana University Press

Faculty: Visiting Professor of the Practice, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Education and Affiliations: MFA in Dramaturgy, Indiana University, Bloomington; M.A. in English Literature, California State University, Stanislaus; Dual B.A. in Theatre Arts and English, California State University Stanislaus; The National New Play Network.

Shows at PlayMakers