Eli Kent
{{Short description|New Zealand playwright and actor}}
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Eli Kent (born 1988) is a New Zealand playwright and actor.{{cite web|title=Eli Kent|url=http://www.thearts.co.nz/artists/eli-kent|website=The Arts Foundation of New Zealand|accessdate=23 April 2016}} Kent holds a master's in scriptwriting from Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters.{{cite web|title=Graduates Online|url=http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/our-students/grad-writing|website=Victoria University of Wellington|accessdate=23 April 2016}} Kent co-wrote, with James Ashcroft, the films Coming Home in the Dark and The Rule of Jenny Pen.{{Cite news |last=Papadatos |first=Markos |date=5 March 2025 |title=Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush talks about ‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ horror film |url=https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/oscar-winner-geoffrey-rush-talks-about-the-rule-of-jenny-pen-horror-film/article |url-status=live |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=Digital Journal}}
Awards
- 2015 – Auckland Theatre Company Patrons Fellowship{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatreview.org.nz/news/news.php?id=1393|title=Eli Kent Awarded Auckland Theatre Company Patron's Playwrights Fellowship |last=|first=|date=|website=Theatreview|publisher=|access-date=}}
- 2011 – Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award
- 2010 – Bruce Mason Playwriting Award{{cite web|title=Bruce Mason Playwright Award|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/43979/bruce-mason-playwriting-award|website=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|accessdate=23 April 2016}}
- 2008 – Peter Harcourt Award for Outstanding New Playwright
- 2008 – Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards{{cite web|last1=Dekker|first1=Diana|title=Eli Kent in the Spotlights|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/9107667/Eli-Kent-in-the-spotlight|website=The Dominoon Post|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|accessdate=23 April 2016}}
Plays
- Rubber Turkey{{cite web|title=Eli Kent|url=http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/eli-kent|website=Playmarket|accessdate=23 April 2016}}
- The Intricate Art of Actually Caring{{cite book|last1=Ed. O'Donnell|first1=David|title=Here / Now|date=2015|publisher=Playmarket|location=Wellington|isbn=978-0-908607-59-4|page=13}}
- Thinning
- Black Confetti{{cite web|title=Black Confetti|url=http://www.atc.co.nz/whats-on/2012/black-confetti|website=Auckland Theatre Company|accessdate=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504194737/http://www.atc.co.nz/whats-on/2012/black-confetti|archive-date=4 May 2016|url-status=dead}}
- All Your Wants and Needs Fulfilled Forever{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Simon|title=Auckland Theatre Awards Winners|url=http://www.metromag.co.nz/culture/stage/auckland-theatre-awards-winners/|website=Metromag|publisher=Metro Online|accessdate=23 April 2016}}
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Category:21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
Category:International Institute of Modern Letters alumni
Category:21st-century New Zealand male writers
Category:New Zealand male dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century New Zealand male actors
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