Karina Billini is a Dominican-American playwright, poet, and teaching artist from Brooklyn. She is a 2023-2024 Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at Juilliard. She began playwriting at the age of 15 where her first play, Hidden Poetry, was recognized by NYC Young Playwrights. Karina completed her undergraduate degree in playwriting at Marymount Manhattan College (2011) and received her MFA in Playwriting from The New School for Drama (2018.) She is a proud alum of the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Youngblood. She was a recent finalist for the NYTW 2050 fellowship and Lark's New Voices Fellowship. Her play, 2144 South St, was a recent finalist for Barrington Stage's Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award. Her play, Faded, was a recent finalist for the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate...
Karina Billini is a Dominican-American playwright, poet, and teaching artist from Brooklyn. She is a 2023-2024 Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at Juilliard. She began playwriting at the age of 15 where her first play, Hidden Poetry, was recognized by NYC Young Playwrights. Karina completed her undergraduate degree in playwriting at Marymount Manhattan College (2011) and received her MFA in Playwriting from The New School for Drama (2018.) She is a proud alum of the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Youngblood. She was a recent finalist for the NYTW 2050 fellowship and Lark's New Voices Fellowship. Her play, 2144 South St, was a recent finalist for Barrington Stage's Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award. Her play, Faded, was a recent finalist for the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition (2019.) This work along with other plays have been workshopped and/or produced at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cherry Lane Theatre, Secret Theatre, Modern Day Griot Theatre Co., among others. Her poetry has been published in Burningword Magazine, Huizache Magazines, scissor & spackle, among others.