Phanésia PharelPlaywriting Fellow (2025-2027), Theater Studies

Phanésia Pharel is a Haitian-American playwright from a dragon fruit farm in Miami. The daughter of an immigrant teacher and farmer, she writes to honor people. Her full-length plays include Dead Girl’s Quinceñera, The Waterfall, R&B, Lucky, and Black Girl Joy.

Her honors include recognition from The Kilroys, finalist status at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, five Kennedy Center awards, two-time Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist/honorable mention, Jane Chambers Prize finalist, A is For Playwriting Award recipient, and a Frank Moffett Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language finalist.

She has received commissions from Atlantic Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Miranda Family Fund, Hero Theatre, City Theatre Miami, and Latinx Playwrights Circle. A member of the Obie Award-winning EST/Youngblood and The Wish Collective, her play the wish has been performed in over 20 states since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Her work has been developed by The Old Globe, Playwrights’ Center, New York Stage and Film, SolFest, Thrown Stone, Shattered Globe, and Echo Theater Company.

MFA, UCSD 25'.