Lisa Kron

Lisa Kron

Actor 1961-05-20 Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Lisa Kron (born Elizabeth S. Kron, 20 May 1961 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) – American actress and playwright, raised in Lansing, Michigan, in a household where her father was a Holocaust survivor and her mother was a community activist. She graduated valedictorian from Everett High School in 1979 and studied theatre at Kalamazoo College before moving to New York City in 1984. She is best known for writing the book and lyrics for Fun Home (2015), for which she won two Tony Awards (Best Original Score and Best Book of a...