An internationally acclaimed playwright, Julia Lederer's work has been described as, "delightfully original" (The Toronto Star) and "wonderfully weird, piercingly poetic and unexpectedly moving" (Crain's Chicago). 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 premier as part of Strawdog Theatre's 28th Season in Chicago. Julia's other plays include: The Best Plan for Living Happily, Frame, Reality Theatre (recipient of the Driftwood Theatre's Jury Prize), Boxed In, and her first play for young audiences, It's Nothing. Julia also writes for film and television.