brittany k. allen

Brittany K. Allen is a Brooklyn-based writer and actor. Her plays have been produced and developed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, WPLab, Portland Center Stage, Jungle Theater, Studio Theatre, and KC Rep, among other places. She holds commissions from Playwrights Horizons, Clubbed Thumb, Portland Center Stage, and The Civilians, and is an alumna of EST/Youngblood and the Emerging Writers Group at the Public Theater. Awards include the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award, the Dramatists Guild Foundation Comedic Playwriting Prize, recognition on the Kilroys List, and a Van Lier New Voices Playwriting Fellowship. Her writing life has been supported by fellowships and residencies at MacDowell, Ucross, the Orchard Project, Peacedale Global Arts, and the New Harmony Project, as well as scholarships to Bread Loaf and the Sewanee Writers Conference, where she periodically teaches on the playwriting faculty. She’s a company member with Colt Coeur, and recent acting credits include A Woman Among Women (Bushwick Starr/New Georges), Deep Blue Sound (Clubbed Thumb), and The Good John Proctor (Bedlam Theatre).