Phanesia Pharel
Phanésia Pharel is a Haitian-American playwright who is currently focusing on the divine metaphysical dilemma of Black and Latinx girlhood. Generally, her plays span revolutions, islands, and Afro-Futurism. Thanks to City Theatre Miami, she discovered her love of playwriting at fifteen years old. Her first play, Penelope, was selected as one of four in the nation to be workshopped at the International Thespian...
Phanésia Pharel is a Haitian-American playwright who is currently focusing on the divine metaphysical dilemma of Black and Latinx girlhood. Generally, her plays span revolutions, islands, and Afro-Futurism. Thanks to City Theatre Miami, she discovered her love of playwriting at fifteen years old. Her first play, Penelope, was selected as one of four in the nation to be workshopped at the International Thespian Festival and was subsequently published in Dramatics magazine and by Samuel French. One of her favorites, Shovel Me Away, was produced at Micro Theater Miami and received the Best Of The Best 2016 award. Her monologue, My Kid, My Life, appears in the 2015 City Theatre anthology.
Recent success includes her play And Other Dreams We Had which was a finalist for the City Theatre National Short Playwriting award and was selected for Smith and Kraus Best Plays of 2020. She was a semifinalist for the Blank Stage “Future of Playwriting award” and a semi-finalist in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. During her time at Barnard College of Columbia University she won four literary prizes; the Brandt Playwriting award, Helen Prince Memorial Prize, Ethel Stone Memorial award and the Joseph Milton Fee, Jr. award in playwriting. She has developed several pieces with Conch Shell Productions and works as a Teaching Artist for ViBe Theater Experience. In 2020, she was Artist in Residence for New York Stage and Film and a National Young Playwright Residency for the Echo Theater Company of Los Angeles. At the moment she is under commission by Thrown Stone Theatre and is a member of New York Stage and Films NYSAF group. Last but certainly not least Phanésia is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild of America.