Earned a master's degree in playwriting from Smith College in May 2001.
Is now focusing more on writing than on acting.
Son, Clifford Olin (born 1983) and daughter, Roxanne Elizabeth Olin, Roxy Olin (born on November 5, 1985) with husband Ken Olin.
She wrote the play "My Andy," the story of Andy Warhol's relationship with
his mother. It earned Patricia a finalist position for the 2005 Susan
Smith Blackburn Prize, a writing award honoring outstanding
English-language plays written by women.
Is of German descent.
Her three sisters' names are Pam, Phyllis and Peggy.
In 2005, was a finalist for the Blackburn Prize, awarded annually for
an outstanding new English-language play by a woman, for her play, My
Andy.