Lane Bynum is a playwright, painter, photographer, and musician from Los Angeles, California. She is currently based in Providence, Rhode Islanding, completing her final year as a painting major at the Rhode Island School of Design.  She attended the National Theater Institute's Theatermakers program as a playwright in the summer of 2026, where she was mentored by Ren Dara Santiago and Max Yu. 

As a playwright, Lane explores themes of adolescence and violence through both satire and realism, drawing inspiration from the works of Ruby Rae Spiegel, Annie Baker, and Sarah Ruhl. Her background in painting informs the world building and visualization of her plays. Her recent work, ALIEN BABY, was produced in Something on the Green's Short Play Festival at Brown University, and her short story Mind The Rhythm was published in Rhode Island School of Designs literary magazine, Volume 1, in the Spring 2026 edition. 

As a photographer and painter, Lane makes work in conversation with Cindy Sherman, Francesca Woodman, and Penny Siopis, exploring character transformation, self portraiture, and abstraction of the body. 

She is unsure if bios should be written in the first or third person.

If you would like to contact Lane regarding commissioned work, collaboration, or other inquiries, please email her at laneebynum@gmail.com