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Lemon Andersen

Lemon Andersen

Playwright / Writer / Poet / Brand Creative

Lemon Andersen is a Brooklyn-based playwright, television writer, brand creative, and Tony Award-winning poet. His recent play ToasTwas commissioned and produced by the Public Theater in 2015. Author of three books, Andersen has also acted in feature films, lectured at universities across the country, and produced branded content for companies like Nike and Absolut.

Poetry is not a Job, it is a tool used to make the job better. Story is the Job.

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Lemon’s Projects

UNKNWN

In-Development, lemon-andersen, Series, Works

Other Works

ToasT

A play about men trying to live free in a system—and a world—designed to keep them chained honoring the spoken word narratives recited in pool halls, bars and prisons across America by generations of black poets. A Public Theater commission.

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THE AKRONITE

A special poem to James and his hometown of Akron. A sequel to his 2013 “Rubber City Soul” poem, Andersen’s new composition illuminates the special relationship between James and Akron.

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