Mahonri Stewart is a national award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work explores exile, conscience, identity, and cultural imagination across both historical and speculative settings.

Drawing inspiration from Shakespeare, mythology, folklore, history, and the work of storytellers such as Hayao Miyazaki, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, Robert Bolt, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Tony Kushner. Mahonri's stories range from historical dramas rooted in Quaker dissent and abolitionism to sweeping fantasy adventures and speculative fiction.

Mahonri earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing (Screenwriting and Playwriting) from Arizona State University. His screenwriting honors include Finalist placements in Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Contest and ScreenCraft's Feature and True Story/Public Domain Competitions, as well as recognition from the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Launch Pad, The Black List, and numerous other competitions.
As a playwright, Mahonri is the recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival's National Selection Team Fellowship Award and the runner-up National Student Playwriting Award for Farewell to Eden, among many other awards (see awards section). More than two dozen of his plays have been produced throughout the United States and Europe (see playwriting section).
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His screenplays Wrightsborough, Prospero's Island, Exiles, and A.I. Too have earned recognition for their distinctive blend of history, mythology, spirituality, and moral conflict (see screenwriting section).

Wrightsborough is a compelling, provocative story, telling the familiar story of the Revolutionary War through the perspective of characters we don't often see in popular narratives of the period."
- ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Screenplay Competition

Written at a professional level, this screenplay reflects the author's understanding of the importance of detailed research and character-driven storytelling in crafting a rich historical drama. The depth and quality of this work, which rival those of many established screenwriters, could attract the attention of industry representatives like managers or agents. The author should be immensely proud..."
- The Black List

An inventive and engaging pilot,  Prospero's Island does a terrific job of throwing us right into the action while setting up the supernatural world and the various characters who will be at the center of the series. Though the episode will be highly appealing to Shakespeare fans, the episode's story isn't dependent on knowledge of the source material as it takes the time to build an intricate mythology..."
- ScreenCraft TV Pilot Screenplay Competition

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