Elaine Brousseau is a playwright based in Providence, Rhode Island. Elaine’s plays include One-on-One, The Gift, Sales Pitch,  Assisted Living, At the Creation, New West, Divide and Conquer, All the World’s A Stage, and The Lady Romeo. Her work has been read or produced at theaters and festivals throughout the United States, including at the Boston Theater Marathon XXI; Culture*Park Short Plays Marathons (MA); Firehouse Center for the Arts 2020 New Works Festival (MA); the Providence Fringe Festival (RI); Re-Imagine Theatre (RI);  Lemon Live Microplay Festival (on Zoom); St. Luke’s Little Theater (RI);   WomensWork Theatre Collaborative (RI); the Orange Players (CT); Raze the Space Theatre (CA); and BoxFest Detroit (MI).   

Elaine’s play, Arthur, Reading, had a developmental reading at the Wilbury Theatre Group (RI) in 2022 and received the Honegger Prize for Best One-Act in January 2024 at the New Works Festival, Firehouse Center for the Arts (MA).

A member of the Dramatists Guild and a founding member of the Blue Cow Group (a group of Providence-based playwrights), Elaine taught writing for many years at Providence College.

• Dramatists Guild
• New Play Exchange
• Playwrights’ Center