Phanésia Pharel is a Haitian-American playwright from a dragon fruit farm in Miami. The daughter of an immigrant teacher and farmer, she writes to honor people. Her full-length plays include DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEÑERA, THE WATERFALL, R&B , LUCKY, and BLACK GIRL JOY.

Her honors include five honors from the Kennedy Center, Kilroys List, two time Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist/Honorable Mention, Jane Chambers Finalist, A is For Playwriting award, and the Frank Moffett Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Finalist Prize.

Phanésia is a member of the Obie-winning EST/Youngblood group and The Wish Collective, whose play the wish has been performed in over 20 states since the fall of Roe v. Wade. She has received commissions from the Atlantic Theater, Miranda Family Fund, City Theatre Miami, and Latinx Playwrights Circle. Her work has been developed by the Playwrights' Center, New York Stage and Film, SolFest, Thrown Stone, Shattered Globe, and Echo Theater Company.

She is currently pursuing an MFA in Playwriting at UC San Diego, mentored by Naomi Iizuka and Deborah Stein.