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Mathilde Dratwa is a Belgian playwright and screenwriter currently based in the United States. She is the co-founder of Moms in Film.
Dratwa is originally from Belgium. She attended Cambridge University and Drama Centre London. [1]
In 2016, Dratwa co-founded Moms in Film (MIF) with Christy Lamb. The organization advocates for mothers working in film and has led initiatives such as the Wee Wagon, a mobile childcare unit. [2] [3] [4]
Dratwa's play, Milk and Gall was a finalist for the 503 International Playwriting Award in 2018. [5] It premiered at Theatre503 in 2021, directed by Lisa Spirling. [6] [7] Her next play, Dirty Laundry, was commissioned through Audible's Emerging Playwright's Fund. [8] It premiered at WP Theatre, presented with Spark Theatrical/Laurie Bernhard, and under the direction of Rebecca Martinez in September 2024. [9] [10] Dirty Laundry won the 2022-2023 Henley Rose Award [11] and the 2024 Kernodle New Play Award. [8] Her play, A Play About David Mamet Writing About Harvey Weinstein, premiered as a sold-out reading to benefit the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2025 at the off-Broadway theater, Playwrights Horizons. The play was inspired by Mamet's 2019 play, Bitter Wheat. [12] [13]
After finishing grad school, Dratwa moved to New York. [14]