Eliza Bent

Eliza Bent (born May 30, 1982) is an American playwright, performer, and journalist. Her plays have been staged off-broadway at theaters across New York City including: Abrons Art Center, A.R.T., New York Theatre Workshop (Next Door), The Bushwick Starr, and others. She is a founding member of the Brooklyn-based Half Straddle theater company and a graduate of the Brooklyn College MFA program in playwriting.

Produced plays

 * Bonnie's Last Flight (New York Theatre Workshop Next Door, 2019)
 * Indeed, Friend! (Clubbed Thumb, workshop production, 2018)
 * Aloha, Aloha, or When I Was Queen (Abrons Arts Center commission 2018))
 * Real Talk / Kip Talk (Abrons Arts Center commission 2016/17))
 * On a Clear Day I Can See to Elba (Atlantic Theater Amplified Series, 2017; New Ohio’s ICE Factory, 2016)
 * Toilet Fire (Abrons Arts Center, 2015; JACK, 2015; The Brick, 2016)
 * The Beyonce (Breaking String Theatre 2014; Adjusted Realists, 2018)
 * Asleep at the Wheel (workshop production, Brooklyn College, 2015)
 * Blue Wizard / Black Wizard (Incubator Arts Project, 2013; Other Forces, 2014)
 * The Hotel Colors (The Bushwick Starr, 2013)
 * Karma Kharms (or Yarns by Kharms) (Target Margin Lab at The Bushwick Starr, 2012)
 * Pen Pals Meet (Iranian Theatre Festival at The Brick, 2011)

Residencies

 * LMCC Workspace 2018/19
 * Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor 2018
 * SPACE on Ryder Farm 2017 / Working Farm 2016
 * Target Margin Institute Fellow 2016
 * Casa Zia Lina 2014
 * MacDowell Colony 2013