Hannah Benitez

Hannah Benitez

Hannah Benitez is represented by WME (Bash Naran) and managed by Writ Large Inc (Michael Claassen)

COMING UP
Pride Plays 2024 at Rattlestick Theater, NY, NY June 24th @ 3pm. Reading of "Saint Brigid", directed by Ibi Owolabi.
Tickets here. https://www.prideplays.com

"For Closure!" a world premiere play at freeFall theater, April-may 2025.
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Hannah Benitez is represented by WME (Bash Naran) and managed by Writ Large Inc (Michael Claassen)

COMING UP
Pride Plays 2024 at Rattlestick Theater, NY, NY June 24th @ 3pm. Reading of "Saint Brigid", directed by Ibi Owolabi.
Tickets here. https://www.prideplays.com

"For Closure!" a world premiere play at freeFall theater, April-may 2025.
A commissioned play for The Hippodrome State Theater winter 2026.
A commissioned play for Island City Stage 2026 season.

RECENT PRODUCTIONS
"Museum Plays" at Miami New Drama
"Dike" at Hofstra University, New York

Finalist for American Shakespeare Centers 'New Shakespeare's Contemporaries' contest with "The 6th, or, The Patriots"- an farcical adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry the 6th".

Her all-female-cast play "Dike" was workshoped with The New York Theater Workshop for director Tatiana Pandiani's 2050 Fellowship project. Dike subsequently received further development and an 8-week run at Urbanite Theater

Plays

  • Dike by Hannah Benitez
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: queer, Lesbian + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, faith-based
    Keyword: queer, Lesbian, Catholic, The Church, 20-somethings
    After two years of separation, a pair of sisters from an ecclesiastical family reunite to navigate the murky waters of identity. The four young women united by this reunion struggle for clarity in their most significant relationships; those with God, those with lovers, those with family. A wrenching exploration of love, sexuality, and sisterhood, Dike questions the walls religion and social conditioning build in us.
  • Saint Brigid by Hannah Benitez
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: faith vs. religion, all female cast + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: faith vs. religion, all female cast, LQBTQIA+, Catholic, catholic and queer, gay parenting, Legal drama, detective story
    In this sequel to the play DIKE, a young religious teacher must reconcile with her own morality when a scandal breaks at her Catholic School, forcing a reckoning with her estranged lesbian sister. This plot-driven romance explores queer identity and the families we build within the boundaries of religion.

    Selected as 1 of 3 plays for Pride Plays 2024 at Rattlestick Theater, NY, NY. June 24, 3pm.
  • For Closure! by Hannah Benitez
    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: Contemporary farce, Comedy and farce + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, political, satire
    Keyword: Contemporary farce, Comedy and farce, queer, anti-gay legislation, Anti Homosexual laws, forbidden Lesbian love, Dinner disaster, Florida politics
    In a small Florida town, a lesbian couple must get creative to save a historical house the locals believe to be haunted. With the help of a psychic, a handyman and a stripper, they just might pull it off.
    A contemporary farce.
    PREMIERING at freeFall theater March 2025
  • GringoLandia by Hannah Benitez
    Cast: 
    4–10
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: bilingual, Cuba + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: bilingual, Cuba, roadtrip, brother and sister, family, capitalism vs communism, developing nation, sex work, sex trafficking
    Returning to the country he escaped from 50 years ago, a man returns to Cuba in search of a family heirloom. Accompanied by his non Spanish-speaking son and fluent daughter, the family commences on a journey of closure, truth, and an examination of their cultural identities.
  • B1NAR1UM by Hannah Benitez
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller + 2 more
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    Keyword: Dystopia, futuristic + 3 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller, political, science fiction
    Keyword: Dystopia, futuristic, net neutrality, stage combat, a play for two actors
    In the subtly dystopian future of 2070, media and internet is reserved for the privileged. Alexis, a top-ranked computer engineering student turned hacker, risks everything to bring free information back to the people. After the sudden death of her mother, she hunkers down in a basement for nine months, engaging in digital warfare with the government. Visited only by her step-sister Jessica, the two women...
    In the subtly dystopian future of 2070, media and internet is reserved for the privileged. Alexis, a top-ranked computer engineering student turned hacker, risks everything to bring free information back to the people. After the sudden death of her mother, she hunkers down in a basement for nine months, engaging in digital warfare with the government. Visited only by her step-sister Jessica, the two women challenge each other on what it means to be a true patriot.

    An intimate, high-action two-character play.

    2 women
    90 minutes
  • Adaptive Radiation by Hannah Benitez
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: internship, millennials + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical, romantic comedy, science fiction
    Keyword: internship, millennials, bromance, comic fantasy, magical realism, the woods, queer, exit pursued by bear, Shakespeare, wildlife
    Four young adults are catapulted into whimsical chaos by a strange, contagious, other-worldly spec of light.
    An energetic, alternative rom-com adventure. 90 mins.

    ​ "In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is the process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms."-science

    New York premiere with Denizen Theater
  • Gray Mare by Hannah Benitez
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: puppets, illiteracy + 3 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: puppets, illiteracy, family farm, family, developmental disability
    A dark period piece, reminiscent of a Lorca or Steinbeck story.
    On an isolated farm, a family struggles to adapt to famine.
    The arrival of an outsider propels a challenge of family structure, gender dynamics and education traditions.
    Puppetry. Graphic violence and explicit content.
    90 minutes