[1] Her plays include Septimus and Clarissa, Ajax in Iraq, Days and Nights Within, A Narrow Bed, Infinity's House, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Tongue of a Bird, The Trojan Women, Helen, The Persians, Oedipus, and The Oresteia.
Other favorite roles include The Homebody in Homebody/Kabul (Intiman Theater, Seattle), Pirate Jenny in Threepenny Opera (Trinity Rep. Elliot Norton Award), Mrs. Alving in Ghosts (Berkeley Rep.) Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the McCarter and the Paper Mill Playhouse, A Delicate Balance, (Arena Stage, Yale Rep.) Good People (George St. Playhouse, Seattle Rep.), Dear Elizabeth (People's Light and Theater) and Outside Mullingar (George St.
[2] In 2023, McLaughlin appeared in the role of King Lear at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder, CO (reference: https://cupresents.org/performance/2754/shakespeare/king-lear/).
McLaughlin's on-screen credits include Everything Relative, The Bed You Sleep In by Jon Jost, with guest appearances on Law & Order.
McLaughlin has taught playwriting in numerous venues, from Yale School of Drama to Princeton University.