Oliver Mayer
Associate Professor

Oliver Mayer is the author of over 20 plays, including recent local hits DIAS Y FLORES and LAWS OF SYMPATHY. Other plays include CONJUNTO, YOUNG VALIANT and BLADE TO THE HEAT, which continues to receive productions around the world. He recently won an Alfred P. Sloan Initiative Science and Technology award for the completion of DARK MATTERS, an original play about particle physics. “The Hurt Business: a Critical Portfolio of the Early Works of Oliver Mayer, Plus,” is published by Hyperbole Books; “Oliver Mayer: Collected Plays” is published by NoPassport Press. After receiving a Gerbode Grant (given once every four years), he wrote the libretto for the opera AMERICA TROPICAL, composed by David Conte, published by E.C. Schirmer and Sons. Oliver is currently writing films about latino icons Adan Sanchez and Carlos Gardel. Oliver is Assistant Professor of Dramatic Writing at the USC School of Theatre, and is also Resident Faculty at the Parkside Arts and Humanities Residential College on campus. He is the winner of a USC Zumberge Individual Award for a new six-play thematic cycle, and a USC Mellon Mentoring Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring of Undergraduates.