Bella Panciocco (she/her) is an emerging playwright and actor from the Washington, D.C. area. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance for the Stage and Screen from George Mason University and her Master of Science in Playwriting from the University of Edinburgh.

 

Her play The Road to the End had its world premiere at George Mason University in April 2023 followed by a run at DC Capital Fringe where it won both a Best of Fringe and Best Drama awards and is now published with Next Stage Press.

 

Her play Type One-Derful was a finalist for Breaking & Entering Theatre Collectives Rooftop Readings Series. She has had other works featured at Workhouse Arts Center, Valencia College, 4616 Theatre Company, and George Mason University.

 

She was a member of the New Perspective Theater Company's SHORT Play Lab Cohort 2026, where she developed her short play pancreas.