Zarina Shea is a Brooklyn native. Her play Let’s Call Her Patty was recently at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 starring Rhea Perlman.

Her work has been seen at/supported by New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Clubbed Thumb, Berkeley Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, New Georges and JACK. She’s received concentrated development support from SPACE on Ryder Farm, the Ucross Foundation, BRIC Arts, Clubbed Thumb and Berkeley Rep, among others.

She was a recipient of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini Fellowship at the Vittore Branca Center in Venice, where she developed her play Peggy about the life and times of Peggy Guggenheim.

She is an alum of SPACE on Ryder Farm’s Working Farm, the Clubbed Thumb Early Career Writers Group, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, and the New Georges JAM.

As a performer Zarina has appeared at Ars Nova, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Trinity Rep, and Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others.

MFA in Acting: Brown University, MFA in Playwriting: Brooklyn College, BA: University of Chicago (High Honors).