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    Lisa Loomer

    American playwright and screenwriter (born 1950)

    Lisa Loomer

    Born1950 (age 74–75)
    New York City, U.S.
    OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter, actress
    Alma materNew York University Tisch School of the Arts
    Notable worksThe Waiting Room

    Living Out

    Roe
    Notable awardsJane Chambers Playwriting Award

    Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
    Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award
    Back Stage West Garland Award for Playwriting
    Imagen Award

    American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award

    Lisa Loomer (born 1950) is an American playwright and screenwriter[1] who has also worked as an actress and stand-up comic.[2] She is best known for her play The Waiting Room (1994), in which three women from different time periods meet in a modern doctor's waiting room, each suffering from the effects of their various societies' cosmetic body modification practices (foot binding, corsetry, and breast imp