WRITER
Olivia is an award-winning playwright and poet. She focuses on themes of liberation after violence. Through plays, poetry, and creative non-fiction, Olivia works most often in the universes of queerness, girlhood, and survivorship. A rhapsodist at heart, she often sees contemporary political struggles sneaking through the cracks of classical literature and mythology, and in her writing aims to rip those cracks wide open. Portfolio available by request.
Excerpt from Thou Sleep'st, Project Nongenue
"Promising young Denver playwright Olivia Buntaine articulates with an uncommonly poignant and at times profound new voice in this fresh examination of the famous Greek myth... It’s charming, engaging and surprisingly affecting."
- John Moore, Denver Gazette
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"MEDEAMEDEAMEDEA" rips open Euripides' tragedy to reveal the woman beneath the legend-powerful, divine, and dangerously overlooked. In this bold new adaptation, Medea is no longer just the scorned woman history remembers but a force of nature wrestling with the impossible: self versus sacrifice, revenge versus righteousness, being right versus doing right. With razor-sharp, poetic language that invites rather than alienates, "MEDEAMEDEAMEDEA" dismantles the villain narrative, igniting the stage with fire, fury, and humanity.
- Broadway World
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Featuring "The Rebellion of Survivorship" by Olivia Buntaine