Callie Kimball

Callie Kimball is a US-based playwright and educator. Her works include the plays Sofonisba, Perserverance, and Things That Are Round.

Kimball's plays are feminist in nature and cover topics such as power dynamics, emotional violence, and parasitic relationships. She has written historical dramas, classical adaptations, sociopolitical comedies, and futuristic dystopian dramas. Her plays have been performed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and DC. She is a former MacDowell Fellow and won the Clauder Competition's Gold Prize for her play Sofonisba.

Early life and education Kimball earned her Bachelor of Arts from the College of William and Mary. She received her Master of Fine Arts in playwriting under her mentor Tina Howe at Hunter College, where she was a two-time winner of the Rita & Burton Goldberg Playwriting Award. The world premiere of Perseverance took place in 2021 at Portland Stage in Portland, ME.

Kimball is currently a visiting lecturer in theater at Bates College, in Maine where she teaches playwriting. Kimball has described an early neuropsych evaluation where the doctor asked her to list as many animals as she could:“I said, dog, cat – and then there was a long, long pause, and I said, ‘ocelot.’ The guy cracked up. He said, ‘I have never heard that one. Clearly you have a large vocabulary, but are having a hard time accessing it.’ ” She now grows and sells dahlias alongside her writing and teaching careers.

List of Plays

Sofonisba - world premiere at Theater at Monmouth 2022. Perseverance - world premiere at Portland Stage 2021. Things That Are Round - world premiere at Rep Stage in Columbia, MD 2018. Alligator Road Rush Dreams of the Penny Gods MAY 39th Jenny1538

Awards and honors

Kimball's awards include: 2006 MacDowell Fellow 2012 Hunter College Rita & Burton Goldberg Playwriting Award (two years in a row) Ludwig Vogelstein grant – Sofonisba 2016 Princess Grace Award semifinalist – Sofonisba 2016 The Kilroys' List – Sofonisba