Bennett Kirschner is a New Orleans-based playwright and director. Since co-founding Intramural Theater in 2015, he has directed and produced multiple site-specific and original plays throughout New Orleans. His original devising methodology, which has generated five of Intramural Theater’s works, integrates free-writing exercises and improvised physical composition into nonhierarchical ensemble settings. As a playwright, his work tends towards dark comedy, touching on themes of the ills of consumerism, environmental politics, and the emotional price of compassion. Theatre credits include: The Bermuda Can Company by Intramural Theater (2024), The Trees by Agnes Borinsky (2024), CAVE by Intramural Theater (2023), The Canopic Jar of My Sins by Justin Maxwell (2022), The Cuck by Sam Mayer (2022), Apostles of Everest by Intramural Theater (2021) and What Difference Does It Make? by Deb Margolin (2015). He received his M.F.A. in Playwriting from the University of New Orleans in 2019, and sometimes he makes goofy music with TV Pole Shine, his 12-piece funk band.
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