Artist

Edith Freni’s work has been produced, developed and read at institutions including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, LAByrinth Theatre Company, The Public Theatre, Williamstown Theater Festival and Ensemble Studio Theater, among many others. She is a former member of Youngblood and a proud member of Obie Award-winning Partial Comfort Productions. Current commissions include a trilogy of classics adaptations for the University of Miami—where she is on faculty—and a new play commission from Steppenwolf. Her play Total Power Exchange is a nominee for the 2014 L. Arnold Weissberger Award. Edith is a former competitive amateur boxer and a dedicated age-grouper triathlete. In 2013, she took second in her age group at the Nautica SoBe Triathlon, qualified for age group national championships and finished her second Half-Ironman. Edith received her BFA and MF in Dramatic Writing from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.