Wendy Hammond

Wendy Hammond is an award winning playwright who often writes about family violence, sexual assault and the wild struggle for healing. She has authored dark comedies–Mom and the Razor Blades, The Transmogrification, Suzy Psychopath–as well as dramas–The Ghostman, Jersey City, Absence, and Julie Johnson. She is also a produced screenwriter and published memoirist.

Wendy has taught, consulted and coached all her adult life and devotes herself to creating safe, inspiring spaces for her students and clients to tell their stories. She believes that by sharing our stories, we create more compassion, sorely needed in our marvelous, wounded world.

Wendy Hammond’s screenplays include Julie Johnson, produced by Shooting Gallery Films starring Lili Taylor, Courtney Love and Spalding Gray. The film premiered in the Sundance Film Festival and won many awards including Best Feature in the Barcelona Film Festival and an Audience Award in Berlin. Wendy produced, wrote and directed the short film, Lehi’s Wife, through American Film Institute’s Directors Workshop for Women, starring James Greene and Kathryn Joosten. Wendy’s plays have been produced Off-Broadway and in regional U.S. theatres as well as internationally. She is a recipient of an NEA grant, an NYFA grant, a McNight Fellowship and a Drama League Award.