Sean Dunnington

Playwright
he/him/his

Sean Dunnington (he/him) is a queer playwright, geographer, and civic artist living between New York and Honolulu. Raised in a rural Paniolo town on Hawai’i Island, Sean taught himself how to belong by writing his own stories. He used to write for acceptance and then later began writing in dissidence to heterosexism. Now he writes for queer freedom. His work has been produced and presented Off-Broadway, in regional theatres across the country, local libraries and galleries, state museums, old attics, public radio stations, film festivals, and LGBTQIA+ centers. He’s been in residence with the East-West Center, Waiwai Collective, Unruly Collective, and the University of Hawai’i Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center, and he’s been a fellow with the Magic Theatre, Creative Labs Hawai'i, and the California Arts Council. Sean believes in democratizing storytelling and free writing workshops and story circles for non-profits, public schools, and community centers. Sean founded The Worms, a queer immersive theatre collective, and Tree Moss, the first-ever collective for emerging and established playwrights across Hawai’i. He received his BA in Applied Playwriting from the University of Redlands’ Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. He is now pursuing his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.