sean swenson
I’m a queer playwright, screenwriter, performer, and occasional musician from Austin, Texas. I write about: internet culture, history, insufferable people, blood, loneliness, heartbreak, and coming of age.
I live in Brooklyn with two cats and recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with an MFA in Dramatic Writing.
CURRENTLY
👯 Making a webseries called The Fans The Show.
♠️ Nancy runs June 25-28 at a Brooklyn location of some kind.
RECENTLY
🧨 Art Gets What it Wants, presented by Max’s House Productions at The Tank, an NYC home for emerging artists.
🌎 Half World was a semifinalist for the National Playwrights Conference, Ojai Playwrights Conference, and SheNYC.
WHAT’S NEXT
🌐 Half World was acquired by 1319 Press! This will be my first ever published play :)
💻 Half World will have its world premiere in NYC with Ghost Light Theatre Company in August 2026!!!
(video from Repo Man, dir. Alex Cox, 1984)