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BENJAMIN BENNE | PLAYWRIGHT
Benjamin Benne (he/him) is a playwright and puppeteer. Born and raised in Los Angeles County, Ben has lived in the Pacific Northwest and Midwest but now resides on the East Coast, where he is a Yale School of Drama MFA Candidate in Playwriting. He is a current member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages (NYC).

Like Ben, his work has been seen coast to coast (and a few points in the middle): The Old Globe (CA), Boston Court Pasadena (CA), Teatro Milagro (OR), Seattle Repertory Theatre (WA), ACT Theatre (WA), Theatre Battery (WA), Denver Center for the Performing Arts (CO), Texas Tech University (TX), The Playwrights’ Center (MN), Pillsbury House Theatre (MN), Two River Theater (NJ), The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (CT), The Playwrights Realm (NY), The Lark (NY), and Roundabout Theatre Company (NY), among others.

His gently poetic and exceedingly intimate plays
--including at the very bottom of a body of water, q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography about forbidden fruits, and Alma--feature vivid images that take on deep symbolic resonance; these works center on movement and sensory experiences of the human body to ask existential questions with wit and an expressionistic dramaturgy.

​He is the recipient of Arizona Theatre Company's 2019 National Latinx Playwriting Award, American Blues Theater’s 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award, the Kennedy Center's KCACTF 2019 Latinx Playwriting Award, the 2017 Robert Chesley/Victor Bumbalo Playwriting Award, a Playwrights’ Center 2016-17 Many Voices Fellowship, and 2017-18 McKnight Playwriting Fellowship. Benjamin is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency, and s
elected works are available to read in full at New Play Exchange.
Benjamin was commissioned by Milwaukee Repertory Theatre to write a short play about connectivity, hope, and the need of community. mother's tongue: a rehearsal was directed by Cat Rodriguez and features Danaya Esperanza and Ciara McMillian.
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q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography about forbidden fruits was a Finalist (top 3) for Austin Film Festival's Playwriting Award.
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Alma will have its World Premiere production at American Blues Theater in Chicago, IL.
​Directed by Ana Velazquez. 
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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.
He was previously the runner-up for the 2017 Award with
​q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography about forbidden fruits.
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