Ken LaZebnik

Ken LaZebnik is a playwright, screenwriter, and television writer. With Garrison Keillor, he co-wrote Robert Altman’s last film, A Prairie Home Companion, which starred Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, and Kevin Kline. He also wrote the popular holiday film The Christmas Cottage, starring Peter O’Toole and Marcia Gay Harden.

Over the past twenty-five years, he has written for many one-hour television dramas, including writing over twenty episodes of Touched By An Angel. He was a writer/producer for that show for eight years, and wrote many of their most memorable Christmas episodes. He also wrote and produced for such shows as Star Trek: Enterprise, Jack’s Place, Army Wives, Providence, and When Calls the Heart.

His most recent play, ANIMATE, premiered in St. Paul, Minnesota, in September of 2021. It is the tenth play he has written for The Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis. His play ON THE SPECTRUM was a recipient of the Steinberg Award, and his play THEORY OF MIND, commissioned by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, has been performed across the country.

He is the Director of the LIU M.F.A. in Writing and Producing for Television, based at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn.