Playwriting

Susan received her bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Montana State University and ran a professional theater company (The White River Theater Festival) for several years before becoming a consultant in systems design and organizational learning for non-profits in the U.S. and Africa for 30 years. She has also written two novels, two memoirs, including,…

Emily is a lesbian writer based in Manhattan; her plays focus on queerness, sisterhood, and mental illness. Her plays include BLESSED ARE THE DEAD, MOTHER SAYS SHE’S SHOCKED HER CHILDREN ARE UPSET (Part 5), HEDY, FALLOUT, a one-act ALL MY DEAD UNCLES, and a collection of short plays produced for Fast & Furious and 7×7…

Andrew is a Queer Colombian-American playwright and screenwriter. His work blends fantasy, modern mythologies and Queer fabulation. His plays have been developed with Latinx Playwrights Circle, INTAR, The Austin Latino New Play Festival, The Amoralists Theatre Company, Pork Filled Productions (Seattle), Out Front Productions (Atlanta). He was a member of INKtank Lab for Playwrights of…

Johanna Keller Flores is a Peruana American theatre artist who’s out here trying to tell stories close to her heart for her queer and trans Black and brown familia. She was born on the Dakota Land of St. Paul, Minnesota with roots in Chimbote, Peru. She is a 2022-23 Many Voices Mentee with the Playwright’s…

Jessie’s play, Tinkers Damn, recently received two professional staged readings (November 2021 and October 2023) by Rose Theatre in its First Draft Series. In addition, an excerpt of the play was solicited by and published in The Pen Woman (2023). Seigel has twice been awarded an individual artist’s fellowship from the D.C. Commission on the…

Ekaterina is a playwright, art critic, editor and translator based in Moscow, Russia. She was trained as an Art Historian at the Moscow State University. She is the author of numerous articles about contemporary culture and has worked in the media since 2002. She has written scripts for TV documentaries and worked as an editor…

Born and raised on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Paul is a Los Angeles and Berlin-based multidisciplinary performing artist whose award-winning solo projects have been presented across the United States and in Europe. In confronting the social constructions of race and gender, his work examines legacies of white supremacist, patriarchal violence—both physical and psychological—throughout Euro-American history. Trained…

Travis Lee Russ (he/they) is a Queer playwright/director from a small, blue-collar town: Kokomo, Indiana. Recent plays: AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE (accolades include Critics’ Picks from The List, Voice Magazine, and Fest Magazine; “Top 10 Plays of the Year” from New, Now, Next; “#1 Show of Edinburgh Fringe” from Fest Magazine) and GOREY: THE…