
Keith Bunin
About
KEITH BUNIN's most recent original play THE COAST STARLIGHT was commissioned and first produced by La Jolla Playhouse, and received its NYC premiere at Lincoln Center Theater. His plays THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED, THE CREDEAUX CANVAS, and THE WORLD OVER all premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. His other plays include THE UNBUILT CITY (New York Stage and Film), SAM BENDRIX AT THE BON SOIR (La Jolla Playhouse/City Theater Pittsburgh), and THE PRINCIPALITY OF SORROWS (Pure Orange Productions). His other theatre writing work includes the book for the musical 10 MILLION MILES (Atlantic Theater Company), the theatrical adaptation of Ali Benjamin's YA novel THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH (Madison Wells/Berkeley Rep), and a new English-language version of Luigi Pirandello's A JOKE (Malaparte Theatre Company). His screenwriting credits include ONWARD (Disney/Pixar), HORNS (Mandalay), NIMONA (Netflix/Annapurna), and WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU (Hulu), and he was a writer for the HBO TV series IN TREATMENT. He has taught dramatic writing at Columbia University, Yale University, and NYU. He lives in Brooklyn and Rhode Island.
At The Orchard Project
- 2026Performance Lab
THE LOYAL OPPOSITION
On the night their restaurant doesn't open, three old friends cook a meal for each other that transports them through time, backward into their combustible shared histories, and forward into their deeply uncertain futures.
with The Loyal Opposition
