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Davis Alianiello

is a playwright. He writes grotesque tragicomedies that explore crises of belief and belonging.


May 2026
THE PASSIVISTS had a reading in the Bloodworks Series at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, directed by Francesca Sabel.

April 2026
THE FARM ran for one weekend at the Paradise Factory, produced by Sounds Good.

GOD IS A HORSE, directed by Tom Costello, was produced by The Writer’s Salon at The Rat in Brooklyn.

HERO RAT, directed by Hanna Yurfest, was produced by the EST/Sloan project as part of Youngblood Brunch.

March 2026
ANG LINANGAN, a Tagalog translation of THE FARM by Guelan Varela-Luarca, ran for two weeks in Manila, Philippines, in a production by Scene Change.

February 2026
FACULTY ROOM, directed by Tom Costello, was produced at the Ensemble Studio Theatre as part of Youngblood Brunch.

January 2026
Monologues from THE FARM will be published in The Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2026 and The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2026 collections from Smith & Kraus.

December 2025
An excerpt of THE PASSIVISTS was performed as part of Particles: A Mutual Aid Reading Series, at Cheeni in Brooklyn.

November 2025
I became a member of Youngblood, the OBIE-winning collective of emerging professional playwrights at the Ensemble Studio Theatre.

THE FARM was performed at GrubStreet in Boston, MA.

October 2025
THE FARM ran for a weekend at The Wilbury Group in Providence, RI.

July 2025
THE MAILROOM had a reading at RiffRaff Bookstore and Bar in Providence, RI.

THE FARM sold out its run at The Wilbury Group as part of the Providence Fringe Festival, winning the Audience Choice Awards for Best Comedy and Best Playwriting.

SNAKE was a semifinalist for Words Cubed at Utah Shakespeare Festival.

SNAKE was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

June 2025
THE MAILROOM was in the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, in a workshop reading directed by Carol Ann Tan.

May 2025
CATCH: OR, THE GODS ARE CHILDREN had a staged reading with MAD Company in their New Perspectives Festival, directed by Mickey Tron.

April 2025
THE FARM was in The Lighthouse Series at SoHo Playhouse.

March 2025
SNAKE was the Rhode Island State Winner in the Clauder Competition.

THE FARM had a staged reading at Playhouse on Park, directed by Sean Harris.

December 2024
THE FARM began development with Stroller Scene.

SNAKE was a finalist for Pegasus PlayLab.

October 2024
THE MAILROOM had a staged reading at The Wilbury Group, directed by Josh Short.

May 2024
THE MAILROOM had a staged reading in the Hunter College MFA Thesis Festival, directed by Carsen Joenk.

April 2024
SNAKE was a second place recipient of the Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting from the Kennedy Center.