Helen Banner

Helen Banner is a NY based theatre maker working in theatre, film and opera. They grew up in the British Channel Islands and studied at Cambridge and the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, where they completed their MFA in Dramatic Writing and were awarded the John Golden Playwriting Award. Helen is a co-founder of the Byzantine Choral Project with composer Grace Oberhofer, which makes choral plays, immersive installations, and podcasts. Helen’s plays include Intelligence (NYTW Next Door Space and Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and Westphalia (Luna Stage) and they are currently directing a production of "La Musica Deuxième" at Torn Page in New York. You can find out more about Helen’s work at www.helenbanner.com