Zoe Senese-Grossberg (she/her) is a New York based writer and director. As an artist, Zoe is attracted to intimate relationships but grand stories. Much of her work are multi-hour epics revolving around historic subject matter ranging in time periods from Jacobean England to the near future. Themes are often around Jewish identity and diaspora, queerness, gender, coming of age, and human sexuality. She is fascinated by what turns people on and pulls them apart. Recent work includes: BOY MY GREATNESS (world premiere March 2024, regional tour September 2024), if i live until i be a man (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2024), and Bedfellows (Finalist for the Rootstock Reading Series). Zoe is the current associate artistic director of the Firebird Project. Her playwriting has received recognition from organizations such as the Eugene O’Neill Center, Penguin Random House, Good Apples Collective, WP Theatre, and YoungArts.
14th cycle
YEAR: 2025

Lay The Bent To The Bonny Broom
Zoe Senese-Grossberg
Regency England: A Jewish family builds a beautiful automaton but they soon discover she is far from under their control in this Austenian horror comedy.
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CITY: Brooklyn, NY
CAST:3W, 3M
"A “manners” play turned it on it’s head with a kind of campy, frankenstein-esque murder, plus queer love story. Complex and nuanced. "
- Marissa Shadburn, Artist Panelist
Regency England: A Jewish family builds a beautiful automaton but they soon discover she is far from under their control in this Austenian horror comedy.
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National Jewish Playwriting Contest
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