Billy McEntee is a Brooklyn-based writer. He’s a freelance arts journalist (The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Interview, Vanity Fair) and Drama Desk-nominated theatermaker of the “recommended” (Vulture) play The Voices in Your Head, which performed in 2024 at St. Lydia’s.
As Theater Editor of the Brooklyn Rail, Billy started Rail Shorts, a biannual series publishing mini-plays, and contributes monthly essays analyzing new works, particularly experimental plays with shorter runs that receive less coverage. These responses aim to crack open a play to reveal its dramaturgy, rigor, and intention.
Billy was the inaugural Helbing Fellow for the American Theatre Critics Association. He also teaches with The School of The New York Times and is the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s director for the Institute of Theater Journalism and Advocacy. Billy graduated cum laude from Boston College and loves his home state, New Jersey.
Get in touch @billymcentee or williamjude92@gmail.com.
As Theater Editor of the Brooklyn Rail, Billy started Rail Shorts, a biannual series publishing mini-plays, and contributes monthly essays analyzing new works, particularly experimental plays with shorter runs that receive less coverage. These responses aim to crack open a play to reveal its dramaturgy, rigor, and intention.
Billy was the inaugural Helbing Fellow for the American Theatre Critics Association. He also teaches with The School of The New York Times and is the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s director for the Institute of Theater Journalism and Advocacy. Billy graduated cum laude from Boston College and loves his home state, New Jersey.
Get in touch @billymcentee or williamjude92@gmail.com.
