Liba Vaynberg

LIBA VAYNBERG [she/her] is a first generation American writer and actor. The daughter of Ukrainian and Azeri Jews, she is bilingual in English and Russian. She studied Molecular Biology & International Politics at Yale before receiving her MFA at Columbia.

Her most recent play, The Matriarchs was developed with the Civilians R&D group and is a Theater J Abramson Finalist and Blue Ink Award finalist. The Gett: One Woman’s Creation Myth, was the inaugural commission at Rattlestick with CBE, a Princess Grace Semi-Finalist, Colorado New Play Festival Selection, and produced under the direction of Daniella Topol. Round Table premiered with Fault Line Theatre and 59E59 (Times Square Chronicles 10 Best Plays of 2019, Gary Marshall Theater New Works Semi-Finalist 2018) and was reprised at Tierra Del Sol. Other plays include Scheiss Book which premiered at the United Solo Festival at Theatre Row where it won Best One-Woman Show as well as the Backstage Magazine Audience Choice Award. Scheiss Book was also produced by Dixon Place, Wild Project (with Wheelhouse Theater Company) and Stonewall Inn. Her play with Emily Louise Perkins, The Russian & The  Jew was the recipient of a COJECO BluePrint Fellowship and produced by the Tank. Her collaboration with Dina Vovsi was commissioned by the Working Theater is the recipient of a NYSCA grant.
As a performer, she has appeared on New Amsterdam (NBC, recurring), Madam Secretary (CBS, recurring), Billy & Billie (DirecTV) and The Deuce (HBO). Performance highlights include Annie Blumberg in the PBS broadcast of The Soap Myth opposite Ed Asner, Black Milk at Classic Stage Company, Bekah Brunstetter’s Oregon Trail at the Fault Line Theatre, Novaya Zemlya at HERE, Lost In Yonkers opposite Marsha Mason (CT Critic’s Circle nom.) and Golem of Havana at La Mama. Regional highlights include Yale, Williamstown Theater Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre, Penguin Rep and Miami New Drama.