Alabama Authors Directory

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Seth Panitch

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  • Email: spanitch@ua.edu

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About Seth Panitch

Genres: Fiction, Drama, Film

Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person, Remote

Bio: Seth Panitch’s debut novel, ANTIQUE, was published in February 2026 by Grand Central/ Hachette Publishing. His plays Dammit, Shakespeare!, Hell: Paradise Found (Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.), Alcestis Ascending, and Separate and Equal have all been produced Off Broadway, and his films Service to Man and The Coming are distributed by Freestyle Entertainment Studios and Terror Films. Seth is also a Professor of Theatre and directs the MFA Acting Program at the University of Alabama. Far more …Read More importantly, he is married to Laura Panitch, who does not seem to mind when he creeps upstairs to write, or when he lets their dog Moses use him as a jungle gym. Seth is a proud member of the Author’s Guild, the Dramatists Guild of America, the Alabama Writers Forum, the Society of Directors and Choreographers, and the Illuminati – although he has steadfastly refused to have their names tattooed onto his chest.

Works:

ANTIQUE. Novel, Fiction. Grand Central/ Hachette. February 2026
THE COMING. Film. Terror Films, LTD. April 2026
SERVICE TO MAN. Film. Freestyle Entertainment Studios. January 2017
HELL: PARADISE FOUND. Play. Broadway Play Publishing Intl. May 2015

Awards:

Best Picture, American Black Film Festival, SERVICE TO MAN
Best Picture, DC International Film Festival, SERVICE TO MAN
SEC Professor of the Year, Finalist, 2018

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