Bekah Brunstetter - Playwright
Bekah’s play The Cake has been produced over 100 times worldwide and ran Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theater Club. Her musical A.D. 16, about teen Jesus and Mary Magdalene, written with Schmigadoon’s Cinco Paul, premiered at the Olney Theater Center. She was Tony-nominated for her musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook, written with Ingrid Michaelson. Her work has been staged and developed by The O’Neill Playwright’s Conference, the Atlantic Theater, Portland Center Stage, The Old Globe, the La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, The Echo Theater, Playmaker’s Rep, and Ojai Playwright’s Conference. She was commissioned by Theater Breaking Through Barriers to write the full-length play, Public Servant, which ran Off-Broadway in 2019, as well as many short plays. As a TV writer and producer, she has written for Switched at Birth, American Gods, This is Us, and Maid. She won a WGA award for her work on Maid.