O'Keeffe! by Lucinda McDermott Cast
Georgia O'Keeffe (Lucinda McDermott)
Lucinda McDermott is a Touring Artist with the Virginia Commission of the Arts, an elite roster of
curated touring performances within the Commonwealth. She is also a Teaching Artist for VCA,
facilitating workshops in acting and playwriting. She is a member of Actors Equity Association and
the Dramatists Guild of America. She has performed Off-B’way, onstage elsewhere in NYC,
regionally and in London’s West End. She has worked in film, TV, in numerous commercials and
voice-overs.
As a playwright her many plays have been produced in theatres and universities nationally
including Primary Stages, William Redfield Theatre, WomenKind Festival in New York City, Center
for Sacred Story in Los Angeles, Barter Theatre, Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Theatre of Albany in
Georgia, Univ. of Wisconsin, and many more. McDermott has written, directed, devised, and
collaborated on original scripts for Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Hampton History Museum, The
Chrysler Museum of Fine Arts, Mill Mountain Theatre, and more.
She holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Univ. of Virginia, BFA in acting from Virginia
Commonwealth Univ. She has taught at a variety of universities including Washington & Lee Univ.,
Radford Univ., VA Tech, VA Commonwealth Univ., Old Dominion Univ., Hampton Univ. She has
been a North Carolina Teaching Fellow with the NC A+ School Program and continues to work as a
Teaching Artist. Lucinda is also a musician, and part of the acoustic rock duo Ball & Chain with
husband Jon Piro (www.BallnChainMusic.com). She lives in Radford, VA. For more info and photos;
www.LucindaMcDermott.com.