Tanya Barfield’s most recent play, Bright Half Life, was a Time Out New York Critic’s Pick and will be seen regionally at numerous theaters throughout the country. It premiered Off-Broadway at the Women’s Project Theatre. Her play, Blue Door, was seen regionally at South Coast Rep, Playwrights Horizons, Berkeley Rep, and many others. Blue Door was a New York Times Readers’ Pick and was featured internationally at the Harare International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe. Other plays include: The Call (Playwrights Horizons/Primary Stages; New York Times Critic’s Pick), Feast (co-writer, Young Vic/Royal Court), Of Equal Measure (Center Theatre Group, NAACP Theatre Awards nominee), Chat (New Dramatists’ Playtime Festival), and The Quick (New York Stage & Film). Short plays include: Medallion (Women’s Project/Antigone Project), Foul Play (Royal Court Theatre, Cultural Center of Brazil), The Wolves, and Wanting North (Guthrie Theatre Lab, named Best 10-Minute Play of 2003). A recipient of a Lilly Award, the inaugural Lilly Award Commission, and a Helen Merrill Award, Tanya is an alumna of New Dramatists and a member of The Dramatist Guild Council. In 2016, The Profile Theatre is devoting their entire season to her work. TV credits include: “The One Percent” and “The Americans”.
Tanya Barfield