maguire wilder
Dramatic Writer
2026, she/her MFA, Dramatic Writing
maguire wilder is a playwright, screenwriter, TV writer, and narrative game designer from Atlanta, Georgia. Her work interrogates the thin line between femininity and masculinity and often features niche sub-communities. Her plays have been seen at City Theatre (Pittsburgh), Carnegie Mellon University, Kings Head Theatre (London), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Spark Theatre Festival (New York), Bernie Grant Arts Center (London), the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center (Connecticut), Playwrights Horizons Downtown, and Theaterlab NYC. Her work has received support from the Sewanee Writers Conference, Fresh Ground Pepper, and The Bechdel Project. Her first screenplay, Breaking Ball, was a Second Rounder (Drama Feature) at the Austin Film Festival 2025 and her plays have been a finalist for the MoxieArts Lamoise New Works Festival, Papatango Prize, Pipeline’s PlayLab, and the Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series.
Her play 4 girls the first letter e won the FringeBiscuit Trends Award at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival received 4 stars in The Scotsman and was described by critics as “dark, elusive, and powerful” (Lexical Lunacy), “masterfully nuanced” (Fringe Biscuit), and “a revelation” (Binge Fringe).
As a producer, maguire is the co-founder and resident playwright at Missing Rib Collective, a multi-media production company working primarily in New York and London.
maguire holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch, and MSt in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge (UK), and is currently an MFA Dramatic Writing candidate at Carnegie Mellon University.maguirewilder.com /missingribcollective.com
Work Samples
4 girls the first letter e (production)
written by maguire wilder
directed by Maiya Pascouche
Edinburgh Fringe Festival – August 2024
barnburner. (workshop)
written by maguire wilder
directed by Hannah Honey Shepard
CMU Playground – November 2025
The Gettysburg Test (reading)
written by maguire wilder
directed by J. Cody Spellman
City Theatre, Momentum Festival – December 2025