Phanésia Laure 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 honors include Kilroys, O’neill Finalist, five awards from the Kennedy Center, two time Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist/Honorable Mention, Jane Chambers Finalist, A is For Playwriting award recipient, and the Frank Moffett Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Finalist Prize. She has received commissions from the Atlantic Theater, Miranda Family Fund, Hero Theatre, City Theatre Miami, and Latinx Playwrights Circle.
Phanésia is a member of the Obie-winning EST/Youngblood group and The Wish Collective, whose 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, the Playwrights' Center, New York Stage and Film, SolFest, Thrown Stone, Shattered Globe, and Echo Theater Company.
