Martha Douglas-Osmundson is an educator and playwright. She serves on the faculty of Clark University in Worcester, MA. and taught English, history, and drama at Lincoln School in Providence for many years. Martha is a recipient of the Charles Sullivan Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts (Pell Award) for her program, Shakespeare in the City. She is a proud member of the Blue Cow Group and has seen her work performed at the Providence Fringe Festival; Boston Theater Marathon XXII; Trinity Rep’s America Too: Our Health; WomensWork Theatre Collaborative; Spotlight Theatre (Lawrence, MA); Culture*Park, New Bedford, and other venues. Martha is a private tutor in English and writing for grades 6-12 and first year college students.

PLAYWRITING - SELECTED PLAYS - SHORT/ONE ACTS

Stress Full Production Providence Fringe Festival, July 2024

The Wellness Floor Full Production Providence Fringe Festival, July 2023

Micky and Beth Full Production Contemporary Theatre Co., April 2023

Go to Scotland!

Ghosted Full Production Contemporary Theatre Co., April 2023

Into the Bleachers Staged Reading Culture*Park Short Plays Marathon, Nov. 2022

Into the Bleachers Full production Providence Fringe Festival, July 2022

Masking Tape Zoom production Providence Fringe Festival, July 2021

Common App Student production Mansfield High School, May 2021

Day Job Zoom reading Spotlight Playhouse, April 2021

Glitch Zoom reading Culture*Park Short Plays Marathon, Nov. 2020

Ghosted Zoom production Providence Fringe Festival, July 2020

Strings Zoom production Lemon Punch Theatre Lab Micro Play Festival, May, 2020

Common App Zoom production Boston Theater Marathon, live online, April 2020

Distance Zoom production Coronavirus Play Festival, NYC, April 2020

Wake Staged reading Culture*Park Short Plays Marathon, Nov. 2019

Gift Horse Full production Providence Fringe Festival, July 2019

For Free Full production St. Luke’s Little Theater Festival, April, 2019

Screen Door Staged reading Culture*Park Short Plays Marathon, Nov. 2018

Personal Effects Full production Acting Up! Orange Players, Orange, CT Oct. 2018

Personal Effects Full production Providence Fringe Festival, July/August 2018

Every Other Wednesday Student production Lincoln School 10-minute Play Festival, May 2016

The Reunion Student production Lincoln School 10-minute Play Festival, May 2011

PLAYWRITING - SELECTED PLAYS - FULL LENGTH

Enid’s Mill Staged Reading Wilbury Theatre Group, February 2024

Back o’Hartland Staged Reading of Selected Scenes AS220/From Scratch 2015

ACTING EXPERIENCE

Janice in Anger Management by Elaine Brousseau Providence Fringe Festival, 2024

Kate in Stress by myself Providence Fringe Festival, 2024

Anna in Because of Linda by Jayne Hannah (Staged Reading) Wilbury Theatre Group, 2023

Bev in Into the Bleachers by myself Providence Fringe Festival, 2023

Nora in Father McCabe’s Marker by Norma Jenckes Providence Fringe Festival, 2022

HONORS/AWARDS

Charles M. Sullivan Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts (Pell Award)

Dorothy Gifford Award for Excellence in Teaching (Lincoln School)

EDUCATION

Manhattanville College Master of Arts in Teaching English

State University of New York Bachelor of Arts in English

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

ELL Clark University 2022 - prese

Contact: marthadougos@gmail.com