Eliza Bent
American playwright, performer, journalist (*1982)

Eliza Bent

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American playwright, performer, journalist (*1982)
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30 May 1982(Brookline, United States of America)
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Eliza Bent (Born May 30, 1982) is an American playwright, performer, and journalist. Her plays have been staged off-broadway at theaters across New York City including: Abrons Art Center, A.R.T., New York Theater Workshop (Next Door), The Bushwick Starr, and others. She is a founding member of the Brooklyn-based Half Straddle theater company and a graduate of the Brooklyn College MFA program in playwriting.

Produced Plays

  • Bonnie's Last Flight (New York Theater Workshop Next Door, 2019)
  • Indeed, Friend! (Clubbed Thumb, workshop production, 2018)
  • Aloha, Aloha, or When I Was Queen (Abrons Arts Center commission 2018))
  • Real Talk / Kip Talk (Abrons Arts Center commission 2016/17))
  • On a Clear Day I Can See to Elba (Atlantic Theater Amplified Series, 2017; New Ohio’s ICE Factory, 2016)
  • Toilet Fire (Abrons Arts Center, 2015; JACK, 2015; The Brick, 2016)
  • The Beyonce (Breaking String Theatre 2014; Adjusted Realists, 2018)
  • Asleep at the Wheel (workshop production, Brooklyn College, 2015)
  • Blue Wizard / Black Wizard (Incubator Arts Project, 2013; Other Forces, 2014)
  • The Hotel Colors (The Bushwick Starr, 2013)
  • Karma Kharms (or Yarns by Kharms) (Target Margin Lab at The Bushwick Starr, 2012)
  • Pen Pals Meet (Iranian Theatre Festival at The Brick, 2011)

Residencies

  • LMCC Workspace 2018/19
  • Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor 2018
  • SPACE on Ryder Farm 2017 / Working Farm 2016
  • Target Margin Institute Fellow 2016
  • Casa Zia Lina 2014
  • MacDowell Colony 2013

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