
Sydney Kurland
Based in New York City
She/Her, They/Them • Member Since 2024
My Story
Sydney Kurland (she/they) is an NYC-based playwright and performer. Her recent writing credits include: Somebody In Bumf*ck, Montana Loves Me (Workshop, NYU Tisch; Presentation of excerpts, Purple Light Productions), In The Time It Took To Complete A Half-Assed Attempt At A Calc Worksheet (Broke People Play Festival), and The Toy (Duluth Playhouse ‘What She Said’ Festival). Her work has also been produced and developed with Epic Players, Full Circle Theater Collaborative’s New Works Festival, Scripps On Stream’s New Play Festival, and the NYU Tisch 24 Hour Play Festival. Her TV pilot, The “Academy,” which was inspired by the writer's experiences at a residential treatment boarding school for troubled teen girls, was recognized as a semi-finalist for the 2022 Humanitas Prize Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award. Sydney is also a resident company member of Epic Players, the Brooklyn-based neurodiverse theatre company with whom she performs often. Sydney earned her BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch.
Sexual Orientation
Queer/Lesbian
Gender Identity
Queer, Female
Race/Ethnicity
Jewish, White
Discipline
Playwright, Singer, Actor, Teaching Artist
Vocal Range
Soprano (E3-G#6)
Unions & Affiliations
Non-union