Catherine Castellani
she/her
New York, NY
‘Wright. Team Oxford Comma. Drama that surprises a laugh. Comedy with a dash of dark.
Biography

CATHERINE CASTELLANI is a playwright/novelist at work on her second fantasy novel and a new comedy for the stage. Her plays include The Red Flags (AACT NewPlayFest 2024 Winner, produced by Verona Area Community Theatre, upcoming Dramatist Play Service anthology publication), Level Up (Valdez Theatre Conference PlayLab 2021), The Bigsley Project (2020 pandemic version on YouTube), In Search of Lost Time (Valdez Theatre Conference PlayLab 2018), 2Y20M (HB Studio Residency 2018, Nora Salon 2017), Possession (Finalist, Marion International Fellowship 2017). Her 10-minute plays have been produced nationwide, including at The Public Theater (NY), Actors Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre (Miami), and The ArtsCenter (Carrboro), and published by Applause Books in 2016 The Best Ten Minute Plays (WORK). Her plays for young audiences (There Is No E in Ski and The Silent Ones) are published and licensed by YouthPlays. Catherine is a two-time MacDowell Fellow, and one-time Ucross Foundation resident as a playwright. She studied at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Experimental Theater Wing (New York and Paris programs) and is a member of The Dramatists Guild. As a novelist: Futurescapes 2023 and 2022; Viable Paradise 2023. She lives in NYC.

Successes

The Red Flags is a winner of the AACT NewPlayFest 2024.