Kari Bentley-Quinn is a playwright based in New York City, born and raised in the little coast town of Stratford, CT. Her plays have been presented at or developed with Naked Angels, Pace University, Effable Arts, Packawallop Productions, the Access Theater, the New York International Fringe Festival, and the Play Development Collective.
Kari’s full length plays include THE PERMANENT NIGHT (2008 FringeNYC award winner), UNBLESSED, TUMBLING AFTER, and PAPER CRANES (semifinalist for the Princess Grace Award). Her short plays include THE NEG (commissioned by Effable Arts), LE DANSEUR and HAIR OF THE DOG (both presented at Packawallop Productions’ The Lounge Series). Her newest play, THE UNLIKELY ASCENT OF SYBIL STEVENS will be having a public reading this spring. Kari is also collaborating on a web series with Susan Louise O’Connor and Sam Buggeln.
Kari received her BA in Theater Arts from Pace University, and has studied playwriting with Richard Caliban, Paul Zimmerman, and Mac Wellman. She is currently a proud member of The Pack, a developmental group in New York City comprised of actors, writers, and directors that create new work. Kari is a board member of Packawallop Productions and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Kari was a finalist for the 2011 Playwrights Realm Fellowship and for the 2012-2014 Public Theater Emerging Writers Group.
