Bekah Brunstetter

Bekah Brunstetter (Writer)

Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

NY Credits: OORAH! (Ars Nova Outloud Reading Series, dir, Leigh Silverman; Finborough Theater, May 2009), TO NINEVEH (American Place Theater), SICK & GREEN (SPF/The Alliance, Readings), I USED TO WRITE ON WALLS (Gene Frankel/Working Man's Clothes), FAT KIDS ON FIRE (Phare Play Productions), YOU MAY GO NOW: A MARRIAGE PLAY (Babel Theater Project), LE FOU (The Atlantic Acting school), HAPPY BIRTHDAY/ I’M DEAD (The Ohio Theater), MISS LILLY GETS BONED (Babel Theater Project, Luna Stage), CELEBRITY (The Women's Project reading series), and TORCH NUMBER 2 (SOHO Think Tank)

At Play Credits: WORK (Ars Nova A.N.T. Fest), THE PULTIZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA (Abroadness, CSNY), DADDY TOOK MY DEBT AWAY (Generation: Me, Atlantic Theater), THE BEDMAKER'S REVENGE (The 24 Hour Plays, Atlantic Theater), THE EASY WAY TO QUIT SMOKING (The 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices, Atlantic Theater)
Film/TV: Short Films - Happy Birthday/ I'm Dead, I Have it, Real Estate

Education/Awards: BA Theater and Creative Writing, UNC Chapel Hill. MFA Playwriting, The New School for Drama. New York Innovative Theater Award for Best New Play, 2006 & 2008. Finalist for the Alliance Theater's Kendeda Playwriting Competition, 2007. Winner of the Sam French short play festival, 2006 & 2008. Resident playwright, Ars Nova, 2009.