France-Luce Benson

France-Luce Benson is a Haitian-American playwright and Assistant Professor at CSU San Marcos. Honors include NAACP Theatre Nominee for Best Playwright (DETAINED), The Lily’s Lorraine Hansberry Award, Dramatist Guild Fellow, NYSCA’s Individual Artist Award, Sony Pictures Television Diverse Writers Fellow, Zoetrope’s Grand Prize for original screenplay (Caroline’s Wedding), and Sam French OOB Festival Winner. Her plays have had productions at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Fire This Time Festival, Billy Holiday Theatre, Crossroads Theatre, and Juggernaut Theatre. She was a staff writer on Paramount’s Lawmen: Bass Reeves. She’s a proud member of the Writer’s Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild.