Eliot Herron

Dramaturg

2025, she/her BFA Drama, Dramaturgy

Eliot Herron (she/her) is a senior studying dramaturgy with minors in Film and Media Studies and Literature and Culture. Her past show assignments include As You Like It by William Shakespeare (assistant dramaturg), Lear by Young Jean Lee (dramaturgy), and Gloria by Branden Jacobs Jenkins (dramaturg). Off campus, Eliot is working at a production company as an archival media producer for an upcoming documentary. She spent the summer of 2024 working for Fremantle US as a television development intern and participating in the Academy Gold internship program. 

Eliot is passionate about developing new staged and written works, and has enjoyed collaborations with dramatic writers during her time at Carnegie Mellon. She is hoping to continue working on script development following graduation.

Work Samples

Gloria

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Kaycee Swierc
Dramaturgy by Eliot Herron
CMU School of Drama – October 2024

Lear

By Young Jean Lee
Directed by Tatiana Baccari
Dramaturgy by Eliot Herron
CMU School of Drama – November 2023

Dave and Harold Staged Reading

Dramaturgy by Eliot Herron