Phaedra Michelle Scott is a writer and dramaturg based in New York City. She is a staff writer on the upcoming CBS/Showtime drama KING SHAKA. Her playwriting credits include GOOD HAIR (Commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant & Ensemble Studio Theater, developed with Pipeline Playlab); DIASPORA! (2024 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Play, 2022 Great Plains Theater Conference); and PLANTATION BLACK (developed at SPACE on Ryder Farm, Playwrights Horizons, LobstahLab [InterAct Theatre Company new play development retreat], and Seven Devils Playwrights Conference). Her podcast work included PLEASURE MACHINE, developed with Colt Coer. Other plays include THE PURITANS (commissioned by Sparkhaven Theater Company) and UNITY (commissioned by University of Massachusetts, Amherst). Scott is currently under commission by Documentary Arts for a new musical adaptation of the children’s book Stompin’ At the Savoy (World Premiere, Delaware Theater Company 2025). She is an alum of Playwrights Horizon’s New Works Lab, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Pipeline PlayLab, and Youngblood with Ensemble Studio Theater. Proud Member of the Dramatists Guild and Writers Guild of America.
As a dramaturg, she has worked in new play development institutions around the country where she supports living writers. She is the Resident Dramaturg of New Harmony Project. Other credits include her work as a freelance producer with Audible Theater in the Emerging Playwrights Fund; select credits include dramaturgy with: MCC Theater (NYC), American Ballet Theater (NYC) New Victory Theater (NYC), New Dramatists (NYC), MTC Theater (NYC). The Playwrights Realm (NYC); Regional credits include: Geffen Playhouse (Los Angeles), Huntington Theater Company (Boston), Cleveland Play House, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Salt Lake Acting Company. Other credits include Playwrights Center, Great Plains Theater Conference.