Brynn H.

Brynn Hambley (she/her) is a playwright, theatre artist, devising artist, theatre educator, podcast host, and virtual game master based in New York City. She earned her BA in Theatre Arts from Gettysburg College and her MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work focuses on the human inclination towards grief, and whether it is to be explored or overcome. Brynn's work is experimental and collaborative in an evocative (rather that naturalistic or realistic) style. In the past, she was a Finalist for The Independent International Award for Improper Dramaturgy, 2019 (Antidotal); received the Emile O. Schmidt Award for Excellence in Theatre, 2018; and The Mercury Poetry Award, 2017. Playwriting credits include: New Moon Minute Digital Theater Festival, Fall 2020 (Antidotal); the Loud Colorful Filth Reading Series, Spring 2020 (Paradise Lost and Found); First Look Reading Series, Fall 2019 (Paradise Lost and Found); and the Graduate New Play Development Reading Series, Spring 2019 (Runaway Reflections) . Recent performance credits include: No Snow in Dublin (Downstage Theatre Company); OMG We Ate a Guy! (Sarah Lawrence College); The Blacker the Barry (Sarah Lawrence College); multiple short devised pieces through Graduate Lab (Sarah Lawrence College); Sarah in Map of Virtue (Gettysburg College); and Goneril in King Lear (Gettysburg College). Currently, she is working on a collaborative devised piece about the consequences of nuclear war; a performance piece about four women and their experiences with depression and mental illness (The Eleventh Star); and a podcast entitled "Play-Mates: Find Your New Favorite Play!".