ELIYA SMITH
Eliya Smith is a playwright from Columbus, Ohio. She is based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds… and a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from The University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood and the Resident Playwright at The Goat Exchange.
She has received support for her work from Venturous Theater Fund, American Repertory Theater, Keene Prize Foundation, Reboot Studios Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant, Phyllis Anderson Prize, and Working Barn Incubator Program.
Selected production credits include: BIOGRAPHY and THEN WE’LL REST (ISLE Theater Company); GRIEF CAMP (Atlantic Theater Company); DAD DON’T READ THIS (Greenwich House Theater & St. Luke’s Theatre); DEADCLASS, OHIO (The Goat Exchange & The Tank); TWO GIRLS (Ars Nova & Cherry Lane Theater); and MEMONICA (Here Arts Center).