With over three decades of experience in the theater industry, Lysna began her career as a Costume Coordinator and Dresser for leading New York not-for-profit theaters, including the Public Theater, the Wooster Group, and Folksbiene, before serving as assistant to renowned producer Arthur Cantor. She later moved into television, working as Membership Coordinator for the Writers Guild of America East, where she managed membership affairs for writers and researchers at NBC, CBS, and ABC.
Lysna’s deep ties to the theater world eventually led her back to artist representation, working with theater writers, composers, and lyricists—including Alan Menken and Carol Hall—at The Shukat Company, Ltd. She spent ten years at Samuel French, finishing her time there as Director of Acquisitions and Business Affairs, before moving to Playscripts, Inc. as Director of Acquisitions. In 2018, she joined Theatrical Rights Worldwide as Director of Professional & International Licensing, and in 2020, she was appointed Executive Director of TRW Plays, the company’s new division, by Owner and CEO Steve Spiegel.
Passionate about developing new and diverse theatrical voices, Lysna serves on the Advisory Board of Dramatic Question Theater and has participated on the selection committees for Kean University’s Premiere Stages Festival, the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, and the Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference.