Talene Monahon
Talene Monahon is a Boston born playwright of Armenian and Irish descent. Her play Meet the Cartozians premiered at Second Stage in October 2025, directed by David Cromer and was an NYTimes’ Critic’s Pick as well as ranking on Vulture’s “Top 10 Best Plays of 2025,” and TheaterMania’s “Top 5 Plays of 2025.” Other plays include: The Good John Proctor (dir. Caitlin Sullivan, The New Yorker’s “Top 10 Best Plays of 2023”), Jane Anger (dir. Jess Chayes, 2022 Off-Broadway Alliance Best New Play Nominee), and How to Load a Musket (dir. Jaki Bradley, TheaterMania’s “The 10 Best Theater Productions of 2020”).
Talene Monahon is a Boston born playwright of Armenian and Irish descent. Her play Meet the Cartozians premiered at Second Stage in October 2025, directed by David Cromer and was an NYTimes’ Critic’s Pick as well as ranking on Vulture’s “Top 10 Best Plays of 2025,” and TheaterMania’s “Top 5 Plays of 2025.” Other plays include: The Good John Proctor (dir. Caitlin Sullivan, The New Yorker’s “Top 10 Best Plays of 2023”), Jane Anger (dir. Jess Chayes, 2022 Off-Broadway Alliance Best New Play Nominee), and How to Load a Musket (dir. Jaki Bradley, TheaterMania’s “The 10 Best Theater Productions of 2020”). Regional and international productions include the premieres of Eat Me (Southcoast Rep, dir. Caitlin Sullivan) and Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret (Northern Stage, dir. Aileen Wen McGroddy) as well as Trinity Rep, Shakespeare Theater of D.C., Warehouse Theater, Detroit Shakespeare and London’s Jermyn Street Theater. Talene is under currently under commission with Second Stage, Classic Stage, and Protozoa Pictures. She teaches Playwriting at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. B.A. Dartmouth College.
As of April 2026.