Hannah Irene Rubenstein is a New York City-based poet, playwright, and essayist.

Theater Projects

We Drift In and Out

Ella and Sebastian are caught in a loop of meet-cutes—on a plane, in their apartments, in the Times Square Toys R Us Barbie Dream House. Is it the universe drawing them together? In a parallel timeline, Jess is a recently-dumped, part-time pizza place employee, and to make matters worse, her parents are coming to visit. As Jess reconnects with her family, these stories intertwine to reveal buried truths about love, memory, and sisterhood, in this ensemble comedy with a beating, bleeding heart.

We Drift In and Out had a reading in April 2024.

Wonder/Land

Curiouser and curiouser! Follow us down the rabbit hole to explore our individual and collective relationships with our natural and built environments. Lose control and embrace chaos in this multimedia, interactive performance piece that allows us to rediscover a childlike sense of wonder. Also, there are volcanoes. Remember, to wonder is to ask questions, not to find answers.

Showcased at the Barnard Movement Lab on February 24, 2024.

Link to recording coming soon.

Recently published work

My Own Voyeur

Poem published in the Bicoastal Review, February 2024

What are revivals for?

Essay published in Broadway News, July 2024