Oliver Mayer

Oliver Mayer is a playwright, poet, children's author and librettist, whose new opera 3 Paderewskis, composed by Jenni Brandon, received its world premiere at the Kennedy Center in November, 2020 and won The American Prize for opera composition. He is the author of more than 30 plays, including his ground-breaking Blade to the Heat and its long-awaited sequel Members Only. Other produced plays include Blood Match and Yerma in the Desert (inspired by the plays of Federico Garcia Lorca), Fortune is a Woman, The Wallowa Project, Dias y Flores, Dark Matters, Conjunto, Young Valiant, Joy of the Desolate, The Sinner from Toledo, Laws of Sympathy and Ragged Time. He is currently working with The Wallis Annenberg Performing Arts Center for the Performing Arts on his newest play The Dragon Tree. Oliver received his MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University in 1989, and his BA in English from Cornell University. He also attended Worcester College, Oxford.