Career
She is best known for her play The Waiting Room, in which three women from different time periods meet in a modern doctor"s waiting room, each suffering from the effects of their various societies" cosmetic body modification practices (foot binding, corsetry, and breast implantation). She also co-wrote the screenplay for the film Girl Interrupted. Loomer is an alumna of the New Dramatists and was a 1985 playwright-in-residence at the Intar Theatre in New York City.
Many of her plays deal with the experiences of Latinos and Hispanic-Americans, and with various aspects of contemporary family life.
Loomer is married to composer Joe Romano. They have one son.
