Ira Lawrence Gamerman (He/We) is a writer, actor, and musician based in Brooklyn. (SAG-AFTRA) TV/Film: The Last OG (TBS) , East New York (CBS). Recent stage acting credits: The Edge Of Nature by Josh Fox (La MaMa), Doomers by Matthew Gasda (Brooklyn Center For Theater Research workshop). Ira’s writing has been showcased by Kennedy Center, Mortified Live, Chashama, KGB Bar, Radiotopia’s The Truth, House Of Yes, The Flea, Collaboraction (@ Steppenwolf Garage), Australian Broadcast Corporation, Baltimore Playwright’s Festival, Samuel French OOB, Great Plains Theatre Conference, and Chicago New Media Summit as well as many other places around the globe. Ira makes music with a haunted electric mandolin that was gifted by his estranged grandmother. Listen to AMBNT MNDLN, and Ira Lawrence’s Haunted Mandolin on all streaming services. Awards: New York Innovative Theater Award Nomination for Best Short Play, Best Playwright of Baltimore (City Paper), playwriting grants from Maryland State Arts Council and Chicago Union League. BILLY BITCHASS is published in BEST 10 MINUTE PLAYS OF 2016 by Smith & Kraus. Ira provided dramaturgy for David Finnigan’s Scenes From The Climate Era at The Cell in 2023. Ira’s Freelance Arts Journalism has been published by High Times, Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, and Howlround. Ira taught playwriting and theater classes at Kingsborough Community College and Ohio University. Ira is cofounder of Misfits For Democracy a progressive political phone-banking group who partnered with PA Stands Up, Sunrise, DSA, Korean American Democratic Committee, NEXTGen, for many electoral victories. BA: Theatre Performance from Towson University. MFA: Playwriting from Ohio University.
