Eliza Bent (born May 30, 1982) is an American playwright, performer, and journalist.[1] Her plays have been staged off-broadway at theaters across New York City including: Abrons Art Center, A.R.T., New York Theatre Workshop (Next Door), The Bushwick Starr, and others.[2][3][4] She is a founding member of the Brooklyn-based Half Straddle theater company and a graduate of the Brooklyn College MFA program in playwriting.[5] Bent currently teaches in the department of Radio/Television/Film at Northwestern. [6]