Hannah Benitez
Hannah Benitez is writer/performer.
A Cuban/Jewish American, named 1 of 6 Theatre Workers You Should know by American Theatre Magazine.
She is managed for film/tv by Writ Large in LA.
COMING UP
High Desert Play Development Program at New Mexico State University has commissioned Hannah for a new streaming play for 2020.
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
After a...
Hannah Benitez is writer/performer.
A Cuban/Jewish American, named 1 of 6 Theatre Workers You Should know by American Theatre Magazine.
She is managed for film/tv by Writ Large in LA.
COMING UP
High Desert Play Development Program at New Mexico State University has commissioned Hannah for a new streaming play for 2020.
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
After a recent trip to visit family in Havana, she's begun writer her commissioned play with music, "Gringolandia". It premieres with Zoetic Stage May 8-24 2020, slot TBA. *English & Spanish language.
RECENT
Her two-female two-hander "B1TC0N" had a reading directed by Hannah Ryan at Teatro Latea NYC.
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
Her commissioned play "Ashe in Johannesburg" recently ran at Burning Coal Theatre in Raleigh, NC.
Her short play "The No-No Box" is published and for sale at http://www.infinitystage.com/10-minute with Infinity Stage, Sound and Film.
ABOUT
She was a recipient of the Playwright Development Program (2 year grant cycle).
She studied playwriting under Tarell Alvin McCraney & Marco Ramirez at New World School of the Arts High School.She subsequently received her B.F.A in Acting from FSU, where she studied playwriting under Sheri Wilner and Mark Wheatley (London Theater Academy).