She tends to write dark comedies of topics that occasionally touch on the abuse of women and often features male protagonists.
René Balcer, the head writer and executive producer of Law & Order, hired her after he read her play After Ashley.
Balcer said: “She really has an ear for the dialogue of everyday Americans and the quirkiness of everyday Americans... the kind of people you see being interviewed on Nancy Grace.”[1] For her writing she has received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2002 for U.S.Drag (in a tie with Susan Miller),[6] the 2002 Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights,[7] and a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship.
It was produced from February 23, 2008, to March 16, 2008, Off-Broadway by the stageFARM at the Beckett Theatre, directed by Trip Cullman.
[16] Gionfriddo's play, Rapture, Blister, Burn premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in June 2012.
[17] The original Off-Broadway cast, which featured Amy Brenneman and Lee Tergesen, performed the play at the Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, California in August 2013.