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BENJAMIN BENNE | PLAYWRIGHT
Benjamin Benne (he/him/his) is newly graduated from the David Geffen/Yale School of Drama MFA Playwriting program and a current member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages. His plays--including Alma (World Premiere: Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, forthcoming productions: ArtsWest, American Blues Theater, Curious Theatre Company, Central Square Theater) and In His Hands (forthcoming World Premiere: Mosaic Theater Company)--explore familiar, intimate relationships grounded in emotional realism but allow environment, time, and objects to invite elements of the surreal, absurd, and expressionistic into the fabric of their worlds. These works also center movement and sensory experiences of the human body to ask existential questions with wit and an imagistic dramaturgy.

Ben is currently under commission from South Coast Repertory Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre. His work has been developed and supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, Playwrights Realm, The Lark, The Public, Roundabout Theatre Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The Old Globe, Two River Theater, Boston Court Pasadena, New Harmony Project, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Theatre Battery, and Parley, among many others. He has been a recipient of Portland Stage’s Clauder Competition Gold Prize, Arizona Theatre Company’s National Latinx Playwriting Award, American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Playwriting Award, Chesley/Bumbalo Playwriting Award, Playwrights’ Center’s McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting and Many Voices Fellowship.

Benjamin is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency, and selected works are available to read in full at New Play Exchange.

FORTHCOMING WORKS

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In His Hands is scheduled to have its World Premiere at Mosaic Theater Company in Washington, DC.
​Directed by Jose Carrasquillo.

June 22 - July 17, 2022
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Alma is scheduled to have its World Premiere production at American Blues Theater in Chicago, IL.
​Directed by Ana Velazquez.
October 7 - November 6, 2022
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Alma is scheduled to have its Regional Premiere as part of Curious Theatre's 25th Season in Denver, CO.
January 14-February 18, 2023
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Alma ​is scheduled to be produced at Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA.
February 23-March 26, 2023

PRESS

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American Theatre interview
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LA Times ARTICLE
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LA TIMES INTERVIEW
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lA TIMES REVIEW
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Alma has been named the winner of the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award by American Blues Theater, who selected the play from 752 submissions.
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Benjamin is the recipient of Arizona Theatre Company's 2019 National Latinx Playwriting Award for his play Alma.
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