Isabella McDermott

Isabella is a playwright from Auckland, New Zealand.

She has been nominated for Playmarket’s Playwrights b4 25 Award, was a finalist in the Short+Sweet theatre festival, and is published in 101 Monologues for Youth.

In 2023 her play Champions debuted in a sold-out, extended season on the Main Stage at the Basement Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau. It had its international premiere at the Old Fitz Theatre in Sydney this year.

Her work has been described as “crack-up, lyrical, and poignant” (Bad Apple) and “terrifyingly real” (Rat World Magazine).