Leslie Kimbell

Leslie Kimbell (writer, actor, director) is based in Northeast Georgia. She gained the majority of her life experience and salty sense of humor from her 18 years traveling the world as a Burlesque headliner. Her Four Old Broads series is inspired by memories of her Nannie DeVries and Aunt Sissie Bumpus, who were always hysterical and sassy old broads. The original Four Old Broads play simultaneously won two festivals in 2017 at Centre Stage Greenville in Greenville, South Carolina and Theatre Victoria in Victoria, Texas. Broads also received an AEA Workshop in November 2017 at The Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, produced by Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company. Leslie is thrilled and honored to have been mentored by the amazing Del Shores (Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies). In October 2021, Leslie was presented with the Georgia Theatre Conference Hall of Fame Award for her dedication to theatre and playwriting. Leslie is also the Theatre Partners Chair for the Del Shores Foundation.

Leslie was the Keynote Speaker for the 25th Anniversary of The American Association of Community Theatres in 2025.

For more information about Leslie and her other plays, including the upcoming Whitney’s Wild Wedding Weekend and The Four Old Broads Cross Country Adventure, visit her website at lesliekimbell.com or Facebook. You can reach out to Leslie at [email protected]. LAUGH LOUD AND LAUGH OFTEN!

Photo by Nikki Hayes.