Molly Smith Metzler

Molly is from Kingston, New York. Her plays include Cry it Out (2017 Humana Festival/Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2018 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citation), Elemeno Pea (2011 Humana Festival/Actors Theatre of Louisville), The May Queen (Chautauqua Theatre Company), Carve (The Juilliard School), Close Up Space (Manhattan Theatre Club, Susan Smith Blackburn finalist) and Training Wisteria (Cherry Lane Mentor Project, winner of three KCACTF Awards from The Kennedy Center). Metzler’s work has also been produced by South Coast Rep, Northlight Theatre, Studio Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, Play Makers Rep, Echo Theatre Company, Geva Theatre, City Theatre, The O’Neill, and many more. She’s a proud alumna of SUNY Geneseo, Boston University, NYU Tisch, and The Juilliard School, where she was a two-time recipient of the Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center. She’s also a proud alum of the Ars Nova Play Group and the Dorothy Strelsin/Primary Stages writers group. In TV, Metzler’s credits include Casual (Hulu), Orange Is the New Black (Netflix), and Shameless (Showtime), where she is currently a writer/producer. In film, she recently adapted Ali Benjamin’s novel The Thing About Jellyfish for Reese Witherspoon/OddLot/Made Up Stories, and is now at work on films for Disney and Fox 2000. She lives in Los Angeles and was a 2017-18 member of the LA Writers’ Workshop at Center Theatre Group.

Previous DPT Work

Cry It Out — Season Four