Teresa Mella Fogel
Teresa Fogel is a published Playwright living in Old Saybrook, CT. In 2025 she was selected to join the Women’s Short Play Lab part of New Perspective Theatre in New York City. The lab culminated in a weeklong performance of her short play, “Bargaining Chip” in August 2025. She is currently working on expanding “Bargaining Chip” into a full-length piece.
She has several full lengths, one-acts and short plays in her inventory. Her full length, “Knock!Knock! was a semi-finalist at the Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival. “Speed Dating”, was a winner of ICWP’s 3-minute play competition. “Wedding Day Blues”, was produced at Theatre Artists Workshop New play festival. “Looking for Juliet” was published in the Drama Notebook. Teresa received a Writing Certificate and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. She is also a member of other organizations including, PWC, International Center for Women Playwrights, Honor Roll and the CT Theatre Women Network. Teresa is grateful for the love and support of her family and friends and especially her husband David of 37 years.
Laura Thoma
Laura Thoma is a GreenStage Artists Award Grant Recipient and Live Arts Festival Commission. THE OUTRAGE: A Queer Writers' Residency Inaugural Resident, Pawling Theatre Exchange Resident, The Desert Playwrights Retreat Resident. Phoenix Shorts Winner, New York International Women Festival Semi-Finalist, Austin International Festival Semi-Finalist, and Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellows Semi-Finalist.
Laura is an alum of The Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive and the National Playwrights' Symposium. She has developed her work with various organizations, including The Bechdel Group (Writer's Block), Legacy Theatre (Cafe Guru), Cape May Stage (High Wire Woes), Eden Prairie Players (Heartache Tonight), Drama Works Theatre (Magpie), Chicago Dramatists (Model Girl), Chestnut Street Playhouse (Phone Home), Theatre Odyssey, Valley Players, Marist College, and North American Cultural Laboratory (Miss Margaret's Barton Cottage Christmas Surprise). Productions include Magpie (Drama Works Theatre Company), Heartache Tonight (Eden Prairie Players), and Miss Margaret's Barton Cottage Christmas Surprise (Drama Works Theatre Company). When she's not writing, Laura can be found exploring the backroads with her bookish wife, Chris, and their dogs, Buddy and Robie.
Our Story
Laura and Teri met in 2015 in a script-in-hand theatre group and immediately hit it off. Being middle-aged and new to playwriting, it seemed like kismet to have someone to share the experience with, so they started to meet for coffee and talk about playwriting. Sharing rides on different theatre adventures, they used the time in the car to talk about their own projects, dreams, and goals. Their journey has included being board members for a theatre development organization, resident playwrights at a local theatre, and encouraging each other through the completion of Dramatic Writing Certificates from the Dramatists Guild. In 2021, they created Shoreline Playwrights to create their own opportunities and support one another in developing new work. Since its inception, they have been collaborating with local playwrights and theatres.
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