Amanda L. Andrei is a playwright, literary translator, and theater critic/journalist residing in Los Angeles by way of Virginia/Washington DC. She writes epic, irreverent plays that center the concealed, wounded places of history from the perspectives of diasporic Filipina women, and she co-translates from Romanian to English with her father. Her plays have been produced by Relative Theatrics and developed with Boston Court, NY Classical Theater, La MaMa, Echo Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Artists at Play, and more. Her play Mama, I wish I were silver won the 2022 Jane Chambers Award for Feminist Playwriting and was a Finalist for the 2023 Blue Ink Award. Her other work has received finalist status with the Princess Grace Award, Eugene O’Neill Conference, Playwrights Realm, and Ashland Festival. Her translations have appeared in Asymptote Journal, Another Chicago Magazine, and Lunch Ticket Magazine. Her theatre critique and articles have been published in American Theatre Magazine, Rappler, Howl Round, and Stage Raw. She is a Theatre Communications Group Rising Leaders of Color (2023) and part of The Public Theatre’s 2024-2025 BIPOC Critics Lab.