Elana Greenfield

Elana Greenfield
BornNew York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • writer
EducationSarah Lawrence College
Brown University (MFA)
GenreShort story
Notable awardsWhiting Award (2004)

Elana Greenfield (born New York City) is an American playwright, and short story writer.

Life

Greenfield was raised in Israel. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and from Brown University with an MFA. She was Artistic Director of New Dramatists.[1] Currently, she teaches dramatic writing at The New School,[2] in the Eugene Lang College division. She formerly taught the same subject at New York University.

Her work has appeared in Bomb and The Brooklyn Rail.[3]

Awards

Works

Short stories

  • At the Damascus Gate: Short Hallucinations. Green Integer Series. 2003. ISBN 978-1-931243-49-0.

Plays

Radio plays

  • "Possessed by a Demon: Two Tales of the Devil," was produced for public radio and also presented at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater as part of the New Works project.

Anthologies

  • Mac Wellman; Young Jean Lee, eds. (2006). "Nine Come". New downtown now: an anthology of new theater from downtown New York. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-4731-6.

References

  1. ^ Rule, Sheila (4 August 1994). "A Refuge Where Playwrights See Their Inspirations Coming to Life". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Elana Greenfield - Part Time Associate Teaching Professor". Archived from the original on 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  3. ^ "BOMB Magazine: Nine Come by Elana Greenfield". www.bombsite.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-14.