Erin Breznitsky
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BIO

Erin Breznitsky is a Brooklyn-based playwright whose work has been seen in NYC and abroad. Full-length plays include: The Unwritten City (semi-finalist: Princess Grace Playwriting Award), Bodies of Water (FringeNYC), R plus J (workshops with Rogue & Peasant Players / Shakespeare & Company), The Kitchen Table Plays (FringeNYC; English Theatre of Rome, Italy), and Sverginata (Sarah Lawrence College). Most recently, she was commissioned by Urban Stages to write a play for young audiences, and she produced "Amplify," an International Women's Voices Day event showcasing the work of woman playwrights. Her numerous 10-minute plays have appeared in Six Part / Reign or Shine Productions' "Love Drunk" series and New York Madness.

Erin has participated in workshops with Erik Ehn, Lucy Thurber, and Stuart Spencer, among others. She is the recipient of the Lipkin Prize for Playwriting and a full scholarship to La MaMa's International Playwrights Retreat in Spoleto, Italy. She holds an MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

RÉSUMÉ

*self-produced project

Full-Length Productions

Aug 2016
​May 2015
Nov 2014

Mar 2014
Aug 2013
Apr 2012

Dec 2011
Bodies of Water* (AEA showcase), dir. Emerie Snyder
R plus J
(AEA showcase), dir. Kelly Monroe Johnston
R plus J*
(AEA showcase), dir. Roxy MtJoy
The Kitchen Table Plays (non-professional), dir. Eve Atkinson & Don Carroll
The Kitchen Table Plays* (
non-professional), dir. Tamara Winters
R plus J (student), dir. Roxy MtJoy
Sverginata (student), dir. Tamara Winters
FringeNYC / WOW Cafe (NYC)
Rogue & Peasant Players / TheaterLab
(NYC)
Paradise Factory (NYC)
English Theatre of Rome (Rome, Italy)
FringeNYC ​/ Teatro Circulo (NYC)
SLC Gradworks (Bronxville, NY)
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)

Short/One-Act

Winter 2018-19
Jan 2018
Oc
t 2014
The Amazing Ava's Great Escape (commission), dir. Ilanna Saltzman
Just Animals* (reading), dir. Erin Breznitsky
Breakwater, dir. Jeff Aldrich

Urban Stages Outreach (NYC)
Amplify*: International Women's Voices Day event (NYC)
New York Madness (NYC)
Love Drunk Reading Series (Reign or Shine Productions)
Nov 2019
Mar 2018
​Mar 2017
Sept 2016

​May 2015
The Heirloom (dir. Ilanna Saltzman) & Suffragettes (dir. Erin Breznitsky)
This Is (a love story)
& Last Call (a ghost story) (dir. Phoebe Padget)
Edge of the World & The War At Home  (dir. Logan Reed)
Split Seconds
 (dir. Kelly Monroe Johnston) & ​Survival Town (dir. Logan Reed)
Advances (dir. Matthew Klein) & The Counter (dir. Kelly Monroe Johnston)
Love Drunk, Series 22 (NYC)
Love Drunk, Series 14 (NYC)
Love Drunk, Series 9 (NYC)

Love Drunk, Series 8 (NYC)
​
Love Drunk, Series 3 (NYC)

Readings/Workshops

Oct 2020
​Aug 2017
​Nov 2016
2014-2015

Oct 2014

Winter 2013
July 2011
Satellites (virtual reading), dir. Ilanna Saltzman
The Kitchen Table Plays (staged reading), dir. Barbara Waldinger
Play Development Group, Inaugural Member

R plus J (staged reading), dir. Roxy MtJoy
Playwrights Workshop
La MaMa International Playwrights Retreat
Reign or Shine Productions
HRC Showcase Theatre (Hudson, NY)
Three Act Theatre Company
(NYC)
Drama League (NYC)
led by Stuart Spencer (NYC)

led by Erik Ehn (Spoleto, Italy)

Awards

2017
​2017
​2016
​2012

Finalist, Tofte Lake Emerging Artist Program
Finalist, Fresh Ground Pepper PlayGround PlayGroup
Semi-finalist, Princess Grace Playwriting Award (​The Unwritten City)
Stanley & Evelyn Lipkin Prize for Playwriting

Education

2012
2006

MFA, Theatre
BA, Writing (music performance minor)
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA)

Additional Work

Arts Administration

2013-2016
2007-2010
2006-2007
Director of Community Arts
Communications Manager
Marketing Apprentice
Sing for Hope (NYC)
McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, NJ)
George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, NJ)

Sound Designs

June 2014
Apr 2013
Mar 2013
Nov 2012
Sept 2012
July 2012
June 2012
Mar 2012
Mahogany Brown & the Case of the Disappearing Kid, dir. Megan Kosmoski
Tell Them Nothing, dir. Julianna Rusakiewicz
The Collective, dir. Jaki Bradley
The Brightness of Heaven, dir. Ludovica Villar-Hauser
VGL 5'4" Top, dir. Matthew Klein
Domestic, dir. Roxy MtJoy
The Natives Are Restless, dir. Amy R. Surratt
Electric Bathing, dir. Sarah Provost/Lake Simons
The Brick
TheaterLab
Triskelion Arts
Manhattan Rep
Under St. Marks
Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival
Dixon Place
Mabou Mines RAP

Graduate Productions

Feb 2012
April 2011
Mar 2011
Feb 2011
Oct 2010
Crazyface, dir. Ernest Abuba
Table for Three, by Matthew Klein
At Home, by Michael Weller
We Own These Girls, by James Simmons
St. Joan of the Stockyards, dir. Jeanette Plourde
Stage Manager
Director
Director
Assistant Director
Music Director/Arrangements

Teaching

Aug 2013
Fall 2011
2010-2011
2010-2011

Playwriting Instructor
Teaching Assistant (to Marilyn Sokol)
After-School Drama Instructor, 4th Grade
Drama Instructor, Teenage Group
Sing for Hope Summer Arts Intensive (NYC)
Lehman College (Bronx, NY)
Parker Elementary School (Mount Vernon, NY)
SLC Lunchbox Theatre (Bronxville, NY)
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