Roni Ragone
Roni Ragone is a New York based non-binary playwright whose work is situated at the intersection of exploring the boundaries of gender expectations and testing the lengths people will go to in search of human connectedness all while being told through intriguing worlds that give us the space to discover new perspectives on our everyday lives. Ragone recently graduated from the University of California, Santa...
Roni Ragone is a New York based non-binary playwright whose work is situated at the intersection of exploring the boundaries of gender expectations and testing the lengths people will go to in search of human connectedness all while being told through intriguing worlds that give us the space to discover new perspectives on our everyday lives. Ragone recently graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with bachelor degrees in English and Theatre with a concentration in playwriting. Their full length play, "Night Night, Roger Roger," published by Dramatic Publishing Company, was performed on the main-stage as part of the 2022-2023 season at the University of California, Santa Barbara; this play has also produced at The College of Siskiyous, Pascack Valley High School, and Young Artists Ensemble. Ragone's short play, "my barricade," was selected and will be performed in the Top 30 in the 48th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival and will be performed in the Vineyard Theatre, and last year, their play "We're All Girls Here," was selected and performed in the same festival at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons. Short plays, "Hiding in Flowers" and "Security!," were both selected and performed in Southern Rep Theatre’s Pop Up Play Series in both April and May of 2021. Their newest full length play, "Up Strung Down," was workshopped through Amplify last fall. Along with William Huffaker, Ragone is one of the co-creators of "Doubles" - a playwriting festival produced through The Initiative for New and Reimagined Works. Ragone has been an intern for esteemed playwrights such as James Still, Idris Goodwin, and Yussef El Guindi through Risa Brainin's play workshop initiative "Launchpad."
Ragone is a member of the Dramatists Guild. they/them/theirs