Hello!
I'm a playwright and screenwriter based in BC and I couldn't be more thrilled you are here. As a storyteller, I enjoy weaving dark humor and raw emotion into the beautiful mess of human relationships. Please enjoy the information below to learn about what I’ve been doing, upcoming projects, and how you can license my work so we can tell stories together! Thanks for stopping by, Kimberly
Upcoming
Playstorm with Langley Little Theatre
My play Now Boarding was chosen for the 2026 slate of Playstorm, a one-act festival at Langley Little Theatre in July of 2026. Now Boarding is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud stage comedy set in the chaotic moments before takeoff, where nothing - and no one - is quite ready for departure. As delays stack up and tensions rise, a mismatched group of passengers and airline staff collide in a whirlwind of misunderstandings, meltdowns, and unexpected confessions. What begins as a routine day at work for three airline employees spirals into comedic turbulence, revealing the messy, human stories people carry with them wherever they go. With sharp dialogue and escalating absurdity, Now Boarding proves that sometimes the real journey begins before you ever leave the ground. Details about the festival and tickets can be found here: Playstorm — Langley Little Theatre
Come take my class!!
I'm leading a workshop at the Composed Literary Festival at the North Delta Centre for the Arts in June 2026. This workshop explores how to transform personal pain into powerful fiction using humour, imagination, and even horror. Rather than writing a memoir, participants will learn to create distance from real experiences, reshaping them into stories they control. Through guided exercises, we’ll turn emotional moments into characters, scenes, and narratives that feel safe, creative, and compelling. Emphasis is placed on emotional readiness - if a story feels too raw, it’s okay to step back. The goal is not to relive trauma, but to rework it into something meaningful, engaging, and entirely your own because your story belongs to you, and you decide how it’s told. Registration opens soon! Check: Delta Literary Arts Society
The Tiny Plot - coming soon!
Launching June 1, 2026: The Tiny Plot, a monthly mail club for writers who want to create more, without the pressure to be perfect.
Each month, you’ll receive a small piece of analog wonder in your mailbox that is thoughtfully designed to spark ideas, build your writing habit, and remind you that creativity doesn’t need to be big to be meaningful.
This is your space to slow down, to experiment, and to give yourself permission to make art - one tiny piece at a time.
May 1, 2026: Spicy Circles was on stage in Los Angeles!
What an insane experience! I was one of the six finalists chosen out of well over 500 playwrights to have my work produced at the funky and wonderful Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles in a writing program born in the minds of the geniuses at Sixty-six Products, For the Actor and Le Studio d'Art. Directed by Leif Gantvoort and starring Cindy Chavez, Bryan McKinley, Linzi Fenix and William Nixon, my play was in incredible hands. The audience laughed and sighed at all the right moments and I had the pleasure watching my words come to life - I'm going to chase that feeling in upcoming projects.
Sixty-Six Productions Los Angeles | Film & Theatre
Spicy Circles Gallery
Recent Projects
The Cast of the Specials
Finished a five show run at the North Delta Centre for the Arts with the The Delta Literary Arts Society. The Specials is a funny, heartfelt stage play set in a cozy Italian restaurant, where two strangers find themselves returning to the same table, month after month, over the course of a year. Laura clings to ritual as a way to navigate grief, while Louis, awkward and endearing, is simply searching for connection. What begins as an accidental meeting slowly unfolds into something deeper. This piece is an honest, often humorous exploration of loneliness, healing, and the unexpected ways people can save each other. Balancing sharp wit with genuine emotion, The Specials reminds us that sometimes the smallest connections can change everything.
The Cast of Suds
August 2025: Suds was part of Scene and Heard, a one-day, one act festival with Surrey Drama Queens. Suds is a sharp, funny, and unexpectedly tender one-act set in a laundromat, where a group of women find themselves thrown together by spinning cycles and stubborn stains. What starts as casual chatter over missing socks and broken machines quickly unravels into something deeper: stories of love, loss, aging, and reinvention bubble to the surface with humor and honesty. As the loads turn, so do their perspectives, revealing the quiet resilience and connection found in the most ordinary places. Suds is a heartfelt comedy about the messiness of life and the people who help us clean it up.
Playwright and Screenwriter
Kimberly Lawton is a Canadian writer who is known for emotionally resonant story-telling with sharp dialogue, compelling character arcs, and a voice that shifts confidently between comedy, drama, family-focused narratives, and psychological horror.
Her writing has been recognized nationally and internationally, earning multiple accolades including becoming one of six finalists in the international Pages in Paris program, a joint residency between Sixty-six Theatre Company in Los Angeles and Le Studio D’art in Paris, France. She was named one of the top 50 screenwriters for the International Screenwriting Association’s Big Break contest, placed in the quarter finals at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2025) and the Vancouver Horror Show (2025), won the Collector Con Writing Contest (2025 & 2024), received the Audience Choice Award at the Composed Film Festival (2025), and was a quarterfinalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Competition (Horror) with the International Screenwriters Association (2025) under the pen name K.J. Law. Her short fiction work has also been long-listed by the BC Federation of Writers.
Kimberly’s work has been produced by the Delta Literary Arts Society, including multiple sold-out runs of Killer Verse and a Christmas production sponsored by the City of Delta. Her play The Specials was staged as the inaugural event in the DLAS Page to Stage program.
A prolific creator with a growing portfolio of feature screenplays, stage plays, and literary works, Kimberly is committed to telling stories that spotlight human vulnerability, the complexity of relationships, and the courage it takes to choose connection. Her work consistently resonates with audiences for their honesty, humour, and heart.
Available for Licensing
Suds
Suds is a sharp, funny, and quietly heartfelt one-act set in a laundromat where the spin cycles never stop and neither do the conversations. As a group of women fold, sort, and wait, everyday small talk gives way to unexpected honesty, revealing stories of love, loss, aging, and second chances. With humor as its backbone and vulnerability at its core, Suds captures the strange intimacy of shared spaces and the surprising ways strangers can become exactly what we need.
Cast size: 5-6
Now Boarding
Now Boarding is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud stage comedy set in the chaotic moments before takeoff, where nothing - and no one - is quite ready for departure. As delays stack up and tensions rise, a mismatched group of passengers and airline staff collide in a whirlwind of misunderstandings, meltdowns, and unexpected confessions. What begins as a routine day at work for three airline employees spirals into comedic turbulence, revealing the messy, human stories people carry with them wherever they go. With sharp dialogue and escalating absurdity, Now Boarding proves that sometimes the real journey begins before you ever leave the ground.
Cast size: 14-16
Spicy Circles
Spicy Circles is a sharp, fast-talking comedy about love, betrayal, and the complicated aftermath of a long marriage. Told through parallel conversations in two living rooms, the play follows recently divorced Melanie and Alex as they navigate the fallout of infidelity, co-parenting, and everything left unsaid. As friends weigh in with brutally honest - and often hilarious - perspectives, old wounds are reopened and new truths come to light. Blending biting humor with raw emotional honesty, Spicy Circles explores what it really means to move on from the past … and whether love ever truly does.
Cast size: 4
Say Yes to the Stress
Say Yes to the Stress is a fast-paced family comedy set on the morning of a wedding, where everything that can go wrong absolutely does. As the bride spirals, the mother panics, and an uninvited grandmother stirs the pot, one exhausted dad is left trying to hold it all together and quietly survive the day. With mounting disasters, last-minute cover-ups, and laugh-out-loud chaos, the play is a sharp and relatable look at love, family, and the beautiful mess behind “the perfect day.
Cast size: 6
The Specials
The Specials is a heartfelt dramedy set in a cozy Italian restaurant, where two unlikely strangers form an unexpected connection over a series of monthly dinners. Laura, a composed widow quietly navigating grief, and Louis, an anxious and socially awkward man battling loneliness, slowly build a friendship filled with humor, honesty, and emotional vulnerability. Through awkward conversations, shared rituals, and moments of surprising insight, the play explores grief, mental health, and the quiet ways people help each other heal.
Cast size: 4 (optional to have background restaurant diners)
Licensing
All plays by Kimberly Lawton are available for licensing, with special discounted rates for schools and educational programs. These engaging, character-driven works range from heartfelt dramedies to fast-paced comedies, offering meaningful roles and accessible staging for productions of all sizes. Whether you’re looking for material that resonates with students or captivates audiences, flexible licensing options make it easy to bring these stories to life.