About

 Gwyneth Forsythe is a writer, educator, and theatre artist. In 2019, she graduated from the University of Iowa with BAs in Theatre Arts and History and received her MFA in Writing for the Stage and Screen from Northwestern University in 2021. At Northwestern, she won the Krevoy Screenwriting Prize and worked in development for an LA-based production company.  Gwyneth has produced several theatre productions and worked as a freelance writer and adjunct faculty for the Chicago City Colleges. She is a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference, 2024. Her play “The Posthumous Trial of Giulia Tofana” was produced in partnership with the Perfume Passage Museum at the Music Hall of the San Filippo Estate. She works in arts outreach and youth advocacy, teaching and developing educational programming with the Iowa Youth Writing Project.  Currently, Gwyneth is based in Iowa City and Chicago, writing plays, spending time with her pets, and working with the IYWP. .