EllaRose Chary

ELLAROSE CHARY (she/hers) is an award-winning writer and advocate for inclusion in musical theater. She is a Richard Rodgers Award winner, Drama League Award Nominee, NYFA Fellowship Playwriting/Screenwriting Finalist, Kleban Prize Finalist, Kernodle New Play Award Finalist, Relentless Award HM, Doric Wilson Award Semi-Finalist, and winner of a BOH Cameronian Arts Award and the Weston Award for Musical Theater. Her musical TL;DR: THELMA LOUISE; DYKE REMIX received its World Premiere at Diversionary Theater in 2024, where it was hailed as "90 minutes of gay fun" and was nominated for a Craig Noel Award for Outstanding New Musical. She's been in residence at Ars Nova, Roundabout Theatre, and as a Harvard TDM Guest Lecturer. She is a Dramatists Guild Fellow, Civilians R & D Group alum, and member of the New Georges Jam. She has written for The Lilly Awards Blog, HowlRound, and Musical Theater Today (contributing editor) and been featured in American Theatre Magazine. She believes the future of American theater is universal healthcare. MFA: NYU Tisch, BA: Brown University.