Tori Keenan-Zelt

Tori Keenan-Zelt is a New York-based award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Pittsburgh, she has written her way out of an Evangelical childhood and two young marriages. Tori’s plays are American horror stories that masquerade as comedies and illuminate the dark corners of women’s lives that are rarely discussed. She holds a BA from Harvard and an MFA from NYU Tisch Asia. She has written for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Electronic Field Trip series (PBS), for which she received an Emmy nomination. Her award-winning one-act How To Be a Widow recently aired on NPR’s Playing on Air. Currently, Tori is commissioned by San Francisco Playhouse (The Jon Benét Game), and is developing a new play in residence with New Georges and The Lark (Invasive Species).

Select Credits Include: How the Baby Died (Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Ingram New Works Lab, Cleveland Public Theatre), Seph (Araca Project - Princess Grace finalist), Fresh Ground Pepper (PlayGround PlayGroup), Air Space (Ingram New Works Lab - Kilroy’s List), Truth/Dare (Project Y - NY Innovative Theatre nominee for “Best Original Script,” “Best Ensemble” from Pittsburgh Fringe, “Best Live Performance” from The Nashville Scene), The Egypt Play (Playwrights Center), Episode #121: Catfight! (Yale Cabaret).