Brent Askari

Brent Askari (Fundraiser) is thrilled to return to Gulfshore Playhouse. He received the National New Play Network’s Smith Prize for Political Theater for The Refugees, which had its world premiere here in 2024. His play Andy Warhol in Iran premiered at Barrington Stage Company, won the Berkshire Theatre Critics Award for Best New Play, and was later produced at Northlight Theatre in Chicago, City Theatre in Pittsburgh, and Mosaic Theater in Washington, DC. His comedy Advice enjoyed a rolling world premiere at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota, B Street Theatre in Sacramento, and Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers. Other notable works include American Underground (Barrington Stage Company, runner-up for the Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award); Hard Cell (developed at PlayPenn, produced at Geva Theatre Center); White Party (developed at Florida Repertory Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre LA, and Palm Beach Dramaworks; semi-finalist for the O’Neill Conference, finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival); Digby’s Home (semi-finalist O’Neill Conference, produced at Mad Horse Theatre); Cocktails and Travails (winner of the Neil Simon Festival’s National New Play Contest, produced at The Theater Project, upcoming production at the Turkish State Theater in Ankara, Turkey); Bending Reeds (semi-finalist Bay Area Playwrights Festival, developed at Blank Stage Living Room Series); and Dirty Deeds Downeast (produced at Penobscot Theatre Company and Portland Stage Company). Brent has written for HBO’s New Writers Project and penned screenplays for Paramount Pictures, Marvel Films, and MTV. He is an ensemble member of Mad Horse Theatre Company and an affiliate artist with the National New Play Network. He also narrated the nationally syndicated television show “Animal Science,” which received a Daytime Emmy nomination.