Tori Keenan-Zelt

Originally and proudly from Pittsburgh, Tori writes curiosity-chasing plays that sniff out in-between spaces in big theatre to change the world. Many of them decide to be comedies. She has presented work around the country and abroad. Recent plays include How the Baby Died (Bay Area Playwrights Fest Finalist, Ingram New Works), How to Be a Widow (Ellie Award), Seph (Araca Project, Princess Grace Finalist), Air Space (Kilroys Top 5, Ingram New Works), Truth/Dare (Project Y, Best Ensemble Pittsburgh Fringe), Egypt Play (InterAct Finalist, PWC Mentorship), Episode #121: Catfight! (Yale Cabaret), and others. Having written for Colonial Williamsburg?s Emmy Award-winning PBS education series, Tori has been named an Emmy Nominee, Kilroys Lister, Jerome Finalist, 3-Time Princess Grace Finalist, 2-Time O?Neill Semifinalist, Playwrights of New York Nominee, and some other things. She is affiliated with The Lark, The Playwrights? Center, Ingram New Works Lab, Ensemble Studio Theatre Playwrights? Unit, Fresh Ground Pepper, & the Dramatists Guild. Some of her short plays are published by Next Stage Press. AB, Harvard. MFA, NYU Tisch Asia (Singapore).