Justin Halle (they/he) is a queer, Jewy, and sometimes-funny playwright who lives in NYC. Justin was a 2025 Finalist for Page 73's Playwriting Fellowship and a member of Page 73's Writers Group. Justin's play VILE ISLE opened The Tank's 2024-2025 Core Season and was described by New York Times Chief Theater Critic Helen Shaw as "superb," "horny," and "goofy but also deeply moral." Justin's other work has been developed by companies including The Vineyard, La Mama, Roundabout, Samuel French/Concord Theatricals, the Exponential Festival, Prototype, The Brick, Playhouse on Park, Middlebury Acting Company, Red Bull Theater at the Lucille Lortel, and Joe’s Pub. Justin’s play COWGIRL was a semifinalist for both the Princess Grace Award and the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator at Rattlestick...
Justin Halle (they/he) is a queer, Jewy, and sometimes-funny playwright who lives in NYC. Justin was a 2025 Finalist for Page 73's Playwriting Fellowship and a member of Page 73's Writers Group. Justin's play VILE ISLE opened The Tank's 2024-2025 Core Season and was described by New York Times Chief Theater Critic Helen Shaw as "superb," "horny," and "goofy but also deeply moral." Justin's other work has been developed by companies including The Vineyard, La Mama, Roundabout, Samuel French/Concord Theatricals, the Exponential Festival, Prototype, The Brick, Playhouse on Park, Middlebury Acting Company, Red Bull Theater at the Lucille Lortel, and Joe’s Pub. Justin’s play COWGIRL was a semifinalist for both the Princess Grace Award and the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator at Rattlestick, as well as a finalist for the Columbia @ Roundabout New Play Award. Their playwriting has been published in Best of Red Bull Theater’s Short New Plays and WE/US: Monologues for Gender Minority Actors. Justin is a current semifinalist for La Mama's Experiments in Playwriting Fellowship. Justin has developed new operas with companies that include The Why Collective and the Cincinnati Opera. Justin is a graduate of NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing and, in 2023, received their MFA from Columbia under the mentorship of Jen Silverman, David Henry Hwang, and Lynn Nottage.