Biography
Theresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. She was born on 19 February 1958 in Kenwood, Ohio, and holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Brandeis University, including a PhD in Victorian melodrama.
Rebeck wrote episodes for NYPD Blue in the mid-1990s, for which she received a Writers Guild of America Award, an Edgar Award and a Peabody Award. Her other television credits include Law & Order: Criminal Intent and the series Smash, which she created. Film work includes the story for Catwoman (2004), the screenplay for Harriet the Spy (1996) and contributions to The 355 (2022). She is also a prolific playwright with multiple Broadway productions.
