Mary Lynn Owen is an award-winning playwright and actor whose solo play KNEAD premiered
at The Alliance Theatre and later at Aurora Theatre, earning the 2019 Gene Gabriel Moore
Playwriting Award and the Alliance’s Reiser Grant for New Work, with additional plays
developed by major regional theaters and recognition, including the 2025 Tennessee Williams
Scholarship and a Blue Ink Award finalist spot for her play, SALVAGE. A three-time Suzi Award-
winning performer with over 75 professional productions and a nearly 50-year tenure in the
Atlanta theatre community, she also teaches a course titled Taller de Teatro en Español at
Emory University.
