about

Ariel is an Obie Award-winning playwright and a member of New Dramatists, an affiliated artist of The Playwrights' Center, and a New Georges Affiliated Artist. Her work has been developed or produced by Playwrights Horizons, The Playwrights' Center, Clubbed Thumb, The Bushwick Starr, New Georges, Mabou Mines, Brave New World Repertory Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, and The Lark.

Recent productions include KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA (at The Tank; directed by Meghan Finn; NYC; winner of the 2024 Obie Award for Playwriting). The World My Mama Raised (with Clubbed Thumb; directed by Kip Fagan; NYC), Heartbreak (with The Bushwick Starr, co-produced by New Georges; directed by Ariel; Brooklyn), and I’m Pretty Fucked Up (with Clubbed Thumb; directed by Kip Fagan; NYC).

Her play KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA won the 2024 Obie Award for Playwriting. It was an O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist (2024) and also received an Honorable Mention from the Relentless Award (2024). She was a McKnight National Residency and Commission Finalist at the PWC (2024).

She has been a resident at Yaddo Artists' Colony, SPACE on Ryder Farm with Playwrights Horizons, and Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program. She was a New Georges Audrey Resident, a Semifinalist for the P73 Playwriting Fellowship, and a two-time PONY nominee. She has been commissioned by Playwrights Horizons and Clubbed Thumb. .

Ariel was born and raised in New Mexico. She holds a BA from Bard College and an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College where she studied with Mac Wellman and Erin Courtney.

Ariel has taught at NYU, Brooklyn College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, and SUNY Purchase. Her writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail and Culturebot. She is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at Northwestern University in the Radio/TV/Film department where she teaches playwriting and screenwriting.

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