Ro Reddick

Ro Reddick is an American playwright and composer, who won the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize along with playwright Hannah Doran. She received the 2026 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award for Playwriting for her play, Cold War Choir Practice.

Career Reddick grew up in Syracuse, New York and participated in children's choir. She was awarded an Master of Fine Arts by Brown University.

Reddick's play Cold War Choir Practice was inspired by Reddick's upbringing, taking place in her hometown of Syracuse during the Cold War 1980s, which she grew up in. It was described by Benedict Lombe, who was one of the prize judges as "writing that is alive and audacious”. , and The New York Times named the play a Critic's Pick.

The play won a 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize by the theatre company Clubbed Thumb.

She is an artist-in-residence at the Vineyard Theatre as well as an Audrey Resident at New Georges.

Personal life She is queer.

Plays Throwback Island, 2023 Unlined | Hardcover | Layflat, 2024 Cold War Choir Practice, 2025

Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2026Susan Smith Blackburn PrizeCold War Choir Practice Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Play Drama League AwardOutstanding Production of a Play Outer Critics Circle AwardJohn Gassner Award Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Play Outstanding Music in a PlayDorian AwardOutstanding Off-Broadway Play