Kira Obolensky is an American playwright and author based in Minneapolis.

[1] She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997 in the field of drama and performance art.

[3] Obolensky was born in New York to a Russian father and an Australian mother.

[3] Obolensky adapted Holocaust survivor Sabina Zimering's memoir into a play in 2010.

[4][5][6] Obolensky lives in South Minneapolis and is married to sculptor Irve Dell.