Benjamin Benne
Benjamin Benne, he/him/his (Playwright) is a currently itinerant playwright from Los Angeles. His plays include: Alma (World Premiere ’22: Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles & American Blues Theater in Chicago; Seattle Premiere ’22: ArtsWest Playhouse; Regional Premiere ’23: Curious Theatre Company in Denver), In His Hands (World Premiere ’22: Mosaic Theater Company of DC), and What/Washed Ashore/Astray (forthcoming ’23: Pillsbury House + Theatre in Minneapolis). Benjamin has been the recipient of Arizona Theatre Company’s National Latinx Playwriting Award, Kennedy Center’s KCACTF Latinx Playwriting Award, American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Playwriting Award, the Playwrights’ Center’s McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting and Many Voices Fellowship, among others. He is a current member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages in NYC and under commission from South Coast Repertory Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre. He is a ’22 graduate of the David Geffen/Yale School of Drama MFA Playwriting program and represented by Paradigm Talent Agency and Luminosity Management. BenjaminBenne.com