Paulanne Simmons

Playwright

129 Columbia Heights, Apt. 37
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 522-6291

Bio

Paulanne Simmons is a playwright whose work has been produced at Theater for the New City, Ensemble Studio Theatre and Makor/92nd Street Y.

Her one-act, The Walls Came Tumbling Down, which was part of the 8th Annual Makor Marathon, is a modern retelling of the biblical story of Rahab and the two spies (battle of Jerich).

Her full-length play, The Mamelochen, is about what happens to a Christian family when Grandma has a stroke that leaves her able to speak only Yiddish. It is a story of personal identity and the rediscovery of roots.