Eleanor Burgess

Playwright, Screenwriter

News

Galilee, 34 had its world premiere at South Coast Rep in April of 2024

Wife of a Salesman has just been published by Concord Theatricals

Interview With The Vampire is currently streaming on Max and AMC

The Niceties is now available in print from Concord Theatricals. The play has been staged in over 70 venues across the United States

WeCrashed is available to watch on Apple TV+, and Perry Mason is available to watch on Max

Bio

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Eleanor Burgess’s plays include The Niceties, Wife of a Salesman, Start Down, Chill, Sparks Fly Upward, and Galilee, 34.  Her work has been produced at theaters across the United States, including Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Rep, Geffen Playhouse, McCarter Theatre Center, Huntington Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, InterAct Theatre, Portland Stage, the Alliance Theatre and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival, as well as the Finborough Theatre in London. She has developed work at Playwrights Horizons, the New Group, and The Ensemble Studio Theatre, and been a member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages, Page 73's writers' group Interstate 73, The Civilians’ R&D Group, and New York Theatre Workshop’s 2050 Fellowship. She has also written for film and television, including work on Perry Mason for HBO, WeCrashed for Apple TV+, and Interview With The Vampire for AMC, and screenplays for Bad Robot, Amblin, and Anonymous Content. Originally from Massachusetts, she studied history at Yale College and Dramatic Writing at NYU/Tisch.