Harley Elias is a playwright, librettist, and performer from New York City. Recent plays include The Museum Plays (Miami New Drama), The Handless King (World Premiere July ’24, Amphibian Stage), Thug Play (Resonance Ensemble), The Pardon (Brown University), and 47 Years of Marriage (Samuel French OOB). His work has been supported by residencies at Banff Centre, where he was recently librettist-in-residence for Opera in the 21stCentury, the Sewanee Writers Conference, a Fulbright Grant to India in Playwriting, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Resonance Ensemble, and Sparkfest at Amphibian Stage.

He is the winner of the Wild Imaginings New Play Award, the Samuel French OOB Award, a Young Playwrights Award, and his Play #3 is published by Samuel French. He is currently under commission from Miami New Drama and Theater J. As an actor he has performed in several Broadway shows and national tours. BA/MA History, Stanford. MFA Playwriting, Brown.