C.A. Johnson hails from Metairie, Louisiana, but currently lives and writes in Queens, NY. Her plays include “Thirst“ (2017 Kilroys List, The Contemporary American Theater Festival), “The Climb“ (Cherry Lane Mentor Project 2019), “An American Feast“ (NYU Playwrights Horizons Theater School), “All The Natalie Portmans,” and “Mother Tongue.” She is a Core Writer at the … Continued

Erika Dickerson-Despenza is a Blk, queer feminist poet-playwright and cultural-memory worker. Awards: Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (2021), Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award (2020), Thom Thomas Award (2020), Lilly Award (2020), Steinberg Playwright Award (2020), Barrie and Bernice Stavis Award (2020), Grist 50 Fixer (2020), Princess Grace Playwriting Award (2019). Residencies & Fellowships: Tow Playwright-in-Residence at The Public … Continued

Ren Dara Santiago is a Fili-Rican nurturer and storyteller; a Native NY-er from the X, Yonkers and Harlem. Ren is the inaugural recipient of Rising Phoenix Rep’s Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award. Plays: All the Time (Drama Club NYC commission through NEA); I’ll Write You Down in Brick & Mortar (Commissioned by The Theater Co.: … Continued

Jiehae Park’s plays include peerless (Yale Rep premiere, upcoming at Primary Stages), Hannah and the Dread Gazebo (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Here We Are Here (Sundance, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, Princess Grace WIP @ Baryshnikov Arts Center), The Aves (Alley All-New, McCarter Spotlight Festival), contributions to Wondrous Strange (Humana/ATL), and the book for the upcoming musical Kill the Boyband. … Continued

Will Arbery is a playwright from Texas + Wyoming + seven sisters. Playwrights: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, which was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist and one of the best plays of 2019 by The New York Times, Vulture, Time Out, and more. Other plays include Plano (Clubbed Thumb), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (New Neighborhood), Wheelchair (3 Hole Press). He’s a member … Continued

Emily Feldman is a playwright whose work has received a Tow Foundation Residency at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Prize, and an Edgerton New Play Award. She’s been included twice on The Kilroys’ List, and in 2020, was named one of 50 Women to Watch on Broadway by the Broadway Women’s Fund. … Continued

Liza Birkenmeier was the Tow Playwright-in-Residence at Ars Nova where her play Dr. Ride’s American Beach House premiered in 2019 (New York Times Critics Pick, Time Out New York Critics Pick, and Finalist for Lambda Literary Award in Drama.)  Honestly Sincere appeared online in collaboration with TiQ (Critics Pick, NYT Best of 2021.) Please Welcome … Continued