Biography

Lori Lee Triplett is the Executive Director for IMAGO DEI: Friends of Christianity and the Arts as well as the Director of the Salt and Light Drama Troupe that performs a variety of programs in various venues around the region.  Additionally she chairs the Performing Arts Committee and sits on the Governing Board for IMAGO DEI.  She maintains an active and prolific career writing, directing, teaching, and acting with a wide variety of organizations in the Kansas City region.

A member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Lori Lee Triplett has written more than 75 scripts and 10 books for multiple publishers.  Twenty-three of her stage plays have received full-scale productions.  Her body of theatrical work includes musicals, comedies or dramas, skits, one-acts and full-length plays.  She is the 2003 Kansas Artist Fellowship Winner in Playwriting from the Kansas Arts Commission.  Coming soon are series of her stage plays broadcast in metro style.  Preview MP3s are already available at www.castlecreekradio.com for your listening pleasure. Recent Publications include: Sermon Warm-ups: 21 Lead-in Skits, Sermon Warmups II, 24 Skits for Special Occasions, The Trial, The Arrival, and Yuletide at Knoxshire.  Additionally her poetry can be found in multiple publications including the Kansas City Star, Thorny Locust, and Purpose magazine.

She was formerly an adjunct professor in theatre at Baker University, and has guest directed at various institutions in the Kansas City area.  Since 1994 she has been the Co-creator and Director of the Knox Drama Team for Knox Presbyterian Church, which performs sketches weekly and undertakes multiple major productions every year.  From 2001 to 2004 she served as Executive Director and President of the Heart of America Performing Arts (HAPA) a nonprofit organization which seeks to strengthen society through the arts. 

Lori has a lifelong involvement in the performing arts, beginning with dance lessons at the age of three, her professional acting debut at 16, her directorial debut at age 19, and writing her first play at age 21.  Her body of work reflects many facets of performing arts, as director, actress, singer, dancer, dramaturge, and playwright. 

Besides her practical experience, Lori has a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Drama from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.  She also earned a Master of Arts in Theatre from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, an institution well-known for educating and mentoring performing artists.  Additionally in 1995, she received a Juris Doctorate from the UMKC School of Law, where she was selected as the Outstanding Woman Law Graduate.

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