Cori Thomas is an American playwright who is half-Liberian and half-Brazilian and writes about the intersectionality of the immigrant experience in America, gender roles and how different groups experience each other. She is a playwright  and actress. Her plays include When January Feels Like Summer (World Premiere City Theatre Co., Pittsburgh, NYC EST Page73 Women's Project) Mosaic Theatre Co. Washington,DC; upcoming Underground Railway Theater Cambridge MA 2016Pa's Hat (Pillsbury House Theatre, MN); Flight 109,My Secret Language of Wishes (Various theaters and University productions including Mixed Blood, MN); The Princess, The Breast, and, The Lizard; The Unusual Lave Life of Bedbugs and Other Creatures; WakingUp; His Daddy; our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. Cori's plays have been developed and produced at Sundance Theatre Lab, Goodman Theatre, City Theatre Co. (Pittsburgh), Page 73, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Playwrights Horizons, Lark Play Development Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Going To The River,Pillsbury House Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Penumbra Theatre, Passage Theatre, The Playwrights Realm. New Federal Theatre. New Georges, The Black Rep (St. Louìs), The New Black Fesi, and National Biack Theatre. A New Dramatists  Resident, she has been commissioned by South Coast Rep Theatre. The Sloan Foundation, Central Square Theater, NYSCA, EST. Pillsbury House Theatre. Grants from Jerome Foundation, Sundance Institute, MacDowell Fellow.
Publications.
Upcoming: (Dramatic Publishing) When January Feels Like Summer (Viking Press) Plays for Two Walking up;(Smith and Krauss) Best short plays 2010 His Daddy; {Smith and Krauss) Selected monologues and scenes When January FeeLs Like Summer.

Cori Thomas è una drammaturga americana, metà liberiana e metà brasiliana; scrive intorno ai temi dell’integrazione degli immigrati in America, di questioni di genere e dell’incontro tra gruppi diversi. È autrice e attrice. I suoi testi sono: When January Feels like Summer (prima mondiale al City Theatre Co. Di Pittsbugh, NYC EST / Page73/Women’s Project) Mosaic Theatre Co. Washington, DC; Underground Railway Theatre Cambridge MA 2016; Pa’s Hat (Pillsbury House Theatre, MN); Flight 109, My Secret Laguage of Wishes (varie produzioni teatrali e universitarie tra cui Mixed Blood, MN); The Princess, The Breast and The Lizard, The Unusual Love Life of Bedbugs and Other Creatures; Waking Up, His Daddy e our lives, our fortune and our sacred honour.
I testi di Cori Thomas sono stati elaborati e prodotti al Sundance Theatre Lab, Goodman Theatre, City Theatre Co. (Pittsburgh), Page 73, Rockfeller Brothers Fund, Playwrights Horizons, Lark Play Development Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Going to River, Pillsbury House Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Penumbra Theatre, Passage Theatre, The Playwrights Realm, New Federal Theatre, New Georges, The Black Rep. (St Louis), The New Black Fest e National Black Theatre. Come autore in residenza di New Dramatist, ha scritto su commissione per South Coast Rep Theatre, la Sloan Foundation, Central Square Theatre, NYSCA, EST, Pillsbury House Theatre. Il suo lavoro è sostenuto da vari enti: Jerom Foundation, Soundance Institute, MacDowell Fellow. Pubblicazioni: (Dramatic Publishing) When January Feels like Summer, (Viking Press) Plays for Two Waking Up; (Smith and Krauss) Miglior testo breve 2010 His Daddy; (Smith and Krauss) Monologhi e scene scelte When January Feels like Summer.