Beth Hyland is a playwright and screenwriter based in Southern California. Her plays and musicals include SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA (Geffen Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival), FIRES, OHIO (Goodman Theatre NewStages, Portland Center Stage, Alliance Theatre), CANCELINA (Rivendell Theatre, Baby Teeth, Bramble Theatre), BABY SHOWER KATIE (Round House National Capital New Play Festival), KILLED A MAN (JOKING) (First Floor Theater, Arizona Theatre Company), CLEARING (Commission Theatre, A Short Leap) and SEAGULLS (The Sound at Steppenwolf LookOut, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Oak Park Festival Theatre). She is the 2024 winner of the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Prize and Jay Harris Commission and a two-time winner of KCACTF’s Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting. She holds commissions with...
Beth Hyland is a playwright and screenwriter based in Southern California. Her plays and musicals include SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA (Geffen Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival), FIRES, OHIO (Goodman Theatre NewStages, Portland Center Stage, Alliance Theatre), CANCELINA (Rivendell Theatre, Baby Teeth, Bramble Theatre), BABY SHOWER KATIE (Round House National Capital New Play Festival), KILLED A MAN (JOKING) (First Floor Theater, Arizona Theatre Company), CLEARING (Commission Theatre, A Short Leap) and SEAGULLS (The Sound at Steppenwolf LookOut, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Oak Park Festival Theatre). She is the 2024 winner of the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Prize and Jay Harris Commission and a two-time winner of KCACTF’s Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting. She holds commissions with Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Rivendell Theatre. She is a soon-to-be graduate of UCSD’s MFA in Playwriting under the mentorship of Naomi Iizuka and Deborah Stein. bethhyland.com