Julia Lederer is a writer from Toronto. Her plays have been produced in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Alaska, New York, Paris, and more, and her films have been screened at major festivals all over the world including the Toronto International Film Festival. With Love and a Major Organ premiered at the 2012 Toronto Fringe Festival where it was “Patron’s Pick”, “Best of Fringe”, and named “Outstanding New Play” by NOW Magazine. In 2015, it had its US premiere as part of Strawdog Theatre’s 28th Season in Chicago, and since then has had several productions internationally and received many accolades– including a Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle nomination for “Best Production” in LA in 2017. Julia’s other plays include U-R-U (inspired by Capek’s R.U.R.), Reality Theatre, Boxed In, The Best Plan for Living Happily, SmallBots, and others. http://www.julialederer.ca