Daphne White is a playwright, journalist and activist now living in Berkeley, CA. A staged reading of her play Susan B., about intersectional struggles within the early suffrage movement, launched the Bay Area Women’s Theatre Festival at Berkeley Rep in March, 2020. The play also received a staged reading by The Fonseca Theatre Company in Indianapolis in 2022. Susan B., is a finalist in the 2020 Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition, established by Neil Simon.

Daphne’s next play, Shiva in the Garden of Eden, is a dysfunctional family drama about estranged siblings, a contested will and an angry ghost. Shiva had a staged reading at The Mendocino Theatre in 2022. There was also a staged reading by Valley Players in Napa, CA in 2022, and the group will perform a second staged reading at a different venue (by popular demand) in May, 2023.

Daphne’s most recent play is Forest Rituals, which follows five characters as they search for meaning at a remote retreat center as the world is spinning out of control.

Two of Daphne’s 10-minute plays had staged readings as part of Theater J’s 5×5 Festival in Washington, DC.

Daphne grew up in New York City and is a graduate of Brown University. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Theatre Resources Unlimited, NextStage, The TheaterMakers Studio, and the New Play Exchange.