Martin Zimmerman

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Martín Zimmerman is an American bilingual (English and Spanish) playwright.

Zimmerman grew up speaking both languages. He attended Duke University, graduating with a BS summa cum laude in theater studies and economics. He later attended University of Texas at Austin and received a MFA in playwriting.

• Teen Superhero Squad
• The Trial of Winter (2008)
• Three Movements (2008)
• In the Event of Capture (co-written with Rebecca Stevens, < 2013)
• White Tie Ball (2013)
• Seven Spots on the Sun (2013)
• The Solid Sand Below (2013)
• Coffee, Olive and Everything Between (short play, < 2014)
• Foreign Tongue (short play, < 2014)
• Let Me Count the Ways (2014-2015)
• Stranger (working title)
• On the Exhale (2017)
• The Making of a Modern Folk Hero (2017)
• Simona's Search (2024)

• Narcos (2015, staff writer for Season 1)
• Blood & Oil (2015, staff writer for Season 1)
• Ozark (2017-2022, writer and supervising producer)
• Puerta 7 (2020, creator and writer)
• Surface (2022, writer of 1 episode)

• Terrence McNally New Play Award
• Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citation
• Humanitas Prize New Voices Award 2013
• McKnight Advancement Grant 2013
• Sky Cooper New American Play Prize 2013
• Carl Djerassi Playwriting Fellowship
• National New Play Network Smith Prize
• Alliance of Latino Theater Artists (ALTA) Artist of the Month