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L.C. Bernadine is a Chicago playwright and lyricist whose work includes an original adaptation (with co-writer Spencer Huffman) of the legendary 1902 western THE VIRGINIAN commissioned by City Lit Theatre in Chicago (2022); BORDERLANDS (Underscore Theatre 2015); WILL THE CIRCLE (Chicago Musical Theatre Festival 2016, and Kansas City Fringe 2017); and other plays. Her short play LEMONS for PEOPLE was selected for the Empathy Festival and the Indie Boots Festival, 2017. 

She is currently at work with Erik Olsen and Nik Whitcomb on a new musical called IS YOU IS about The Field Museum’s 1933 exhibit, ‘The Races of Mankind.” In 2023, it was selected for the pilot Studio Theatre Residency sponsored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and it is the recipient of a Sloan grant for new play development.

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Other plays include WELCOME J-1 STUDENTS, set within a questionable State Department program for foreign students, and recently selected for the New Voices Festival at the University of Alabama; and STYLE, which was part of the New Play Lab at the William Inge Theater Festival 2016 and workshopped with a panel including David Henry Hwang. Her play REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS was workshopped with New Colony Theater in Chicago.

She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, and has been involved over the years with the Young Chicago Playwrights competition and other initiatives.

LC is also co-founder with dramaturg Foss Baldwin of Broken Bell Reads, a table read and support service designed to help local playwrights develop works in progress.