Mary Donnet Johnson
Mary Donnet Johnson (she/her/hers) grew up in Vermont, earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, worked for a decade in New York City as a professional actress, and now makes her home in Tennessee and writes plays. She’s had three recent world premieres: “Shanktown,” at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis (2022), “Party of Twelve,” in Murfreesboro, TN (2022), and “To Know You,” in Maryville, TN (2019). She wrote the screenplay for Nashville Rep’s 2020 online holiday show “Twas the Night,” and the documentary film “Give Me a Work” about the life of a nearly forgotten Black hero from Revolutionary War times. In October and November of 2024 Mary had productions of short plays in Texas and Michigan and is currently at work on an answer to eco grief called “Eco Joy to the World” supported in part by a grant from the Puffin Foundation. Please visit www.marydonnetjohnson.com for more information.