Shayan Lotfi

Shayan Lotfi was the Tow Playwright-in-Residence at the Atlantic Theater, where his play What Became of Us premiered. He is the recipient of the Horton Foote Award from the Dramatists Guild; a Citation of Excellence from the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation; fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, Bogliasco Center and Instituto Sacatar; and commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater and South Coast Repertory. He is an alum of The Working Farm Writers’ Group at SPACE on Ryder Farm and Page 73’s I-73 Writers Group. In addition to writing, he also works as an urban planning consultant.