Else Went (they/she) is a playwright and sound designer based in Brooklyn.Their work has been developed through writing labs and groups at The Public Theatre (EWG), Ars Nova (Play Group), WP (Lab), Playwrights Realm (Fellowship), and Bechdel Project (FifE Fellow). Recipient of new play commissions from MTC Sloan (An Oxford Man), Breaking the Binary Festival (How to Become a Ghost), Weston Playhouse (Mirror Game), Parity Productions (Boxcar), Period Piece (Protanopia), FST (Gutter Girl). She has been in residence with MacDowell, The Mercury Store, Stillwright, and Barn Arts Collective. Further development with support from NYTW, The Tank, The Brick, and ISC. Semifinalist for ASC’s Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries (Courage! to the Field!) and twice for the O’Neill Conference (Initiative; The...
Else Went (they/she) is a playwright and sound designer based in Brooklyn.Their work has been developed through writing labs and groups at The Public Theatre (EWG), Ars Nova (Play Group), WP (Lab), Playwrights Realm (Fellowship), and Bechdel Project (FifE Fellow). Recipient of new play commissions from MTC Sloan (An Oxford Man), Breaking the Binary Festival (How to Become a Ghost), Weston Playhouse (Mirror Game), Parity Productions (Boxcar), Period Piece (Protanopia), FST (Gutter Girl). She has been in residence with MacDowell, The Mercury Store, Stillwright, and Barn Arts Collective. Further development with support from NYTW, The Tank, The Brick, and ISC. Semifinalist for ASC’s Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries (Courage! to the Field!) and twice for the O’Neill Conference (Initiative; The Hard Work). Finalist for Princess Grace Award (Degenerates), New Contemps. (Whate’er), the Carlo Anoni Prize (An Oxford Man).