Neena Beber

Neena Beber is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and television producer.

Early life and education Beber was born and raised in Miami, Florida.

Beber has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Career Beber started out writing for television, including on Clarissa Explains It All, and switched to writing for the theater. Her play Jump/Cut was performed in 2006 at the Julia Miles Theater in New York. She wrote the book for the musical Rutka, which premiered at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park in October 2024.

Publication Her short (10-minute) play Misreadings was included in Best American Short Plays, 1996–7. As of 2016 nearly a dozen of her plays had been included in compilations, in addition to those published separately.

Teaching Beber has taught for the MFA playwriting program at Columbia University. In 2006 she won an Obie Emerging Playwright Grant for Jump/Cut. She won the Go Write a Play award, which supports a new play by a female playwright, at the 2014 Lilly Awards.

Selected works Rutka (musical) (book) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (co-executive producer) Strangers (executive producer) A Common Vision. New York: Samuel French, 2009. Tomorrowland. New York: Samuel French, 2009. The Dew Point. New York: Samuel French, 2009. Jump/Cut. New York, N.Y: Samuel French, 2007. Clarissa Explains It All (writer, producer)