Enid Brain
She/Her
Enid Brain is a multi-disciplinary artist, activist, and scholar based in NYC. As a theatre artist, her writing has been performed at the Tank, Walking Shadow Readers Theatre, Passaic Preparatory Academy, the New Masculinities Festival, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Studio Theatre at Tierra Del Sol, the Art Garage, Dixon Place, Texas A&M University, Stay True Theatre, and Synecdoche Works. She was a 2020 finalist (for Something's Coming, co-written with J. Andrew Norris) for the Jewish Playwriting Contest from the Jewish Plays Project, won the Special Jury Prize, FMM Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language from Synecdoche Works, 2022. (for A Faerie Tale of New York). She contributed to the “Opposing Viewpoints” series from Greenhaven Publishing and co-authored a chapter (with Olivia Wood) on Wes Craven's slasher films as queer texts in the Critical Companions to West Craven from Lexington Books. As a filmmaker, Enid's work has been featured at festivals around the world including the OutSouth Queer Film Festival and the Queer Fear Film Festival. She won the 2023 Grand Jury Choice for Best Social Issues Film from the FFTG Awards for her short film "What Being a Woman Means to Me.” Enid is a grad student and adjunct professor at the City College of New York.