SPECIAL GUESTS

Aureen Almario, Artistic Director, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA

Sowmya Ashokkumar, MFA Candidate in Dramatic Writing, Carnegie Mellon University

Jill Battalen, Non-profit fundraising & development specialist, San Francisco, CA

Darcelia Beck, Literary Manager, Athena Project, Parker, CO

Bleu Beckford-Burrell, Playwright, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY

Amanda Bermudez, Artistic Director, The American Playbook, Los Angeles, CA

Jessica Bird, Freelance Director, San Francisco, CA

Hilary Bray, Donor Relations and Membership Manager, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Laura Brueckner, Literary Manager, Marin Theatre Company, San Rafael, CA

Diana Burbano, Freelance Artist, Breath Of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble, Long Beach, CA

Alicia Coombes, Publications Manager, California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, CA

Sandra A. Daley-Sharif, Playwright/Producer, Liberation Theatre Company/Harlem9, Inc., New York, NY

Adrienne Dawes, Independent Playwright/Literary Fellow/ Company Member, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Tusla, OK

Andy Donald, Associate Artistic Director, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA

LeeAnn Dowd, Artistic Associate, California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, CA

Trevor Floyd, Artistic Associate, Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA

Jordana Fraider, Program Manager, National New Play Network, Washington, D.C.

Garret Groenveld, Independent Playwright, San Francisco, CA

Anne Hallinan, Member, Playwrights Foundation National Reading Committee, Berkeley, CA

Scarlett Hepworth, Independent actor/voice teacher, El Cerrito, CA

Susan Jackson, Co-Producer/Resident Playwright, Southern Railroad Theatre Company; 3Girls Theatre Co., San Francisco, CA

Kayla Minton Kaufman, Freelance Director, Kentfield, CA

David Johann Kim, Playwright/ Director/Actor, EST/LA Playwrights Unit & Chalk Rep Writers Group, Los Angeles, CA

Julia McNeal, Actor/Educator, Magic Theatre/Shotgun Players/Tam High, Point Reyes Station, CA

Tiffany Moon, Producing Director, Greenway Arts Alliance/ Greenway Court Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Mina Morita, Artistic Director, Crowded Fire Theater Company, San Francisco, CA

Evren Odcikin, Director of New Works and Marketing, Golden Thread Productions, San Francisco, CA

Rose Oser, Co-Artistic Director, Faultline Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Karen Altree Piemme, Artistic Director, Red Ladder Theater Company & Freelance Director, San Jose, CA

Jordan Ramirez Puckett, Playwright, Ohio University, Newark, CA

Sharon Rosner, Actor, Los Angeles, CA

Dylan Russell, Artistic Director, Dog Squared Productions, Richmond, CA

Michelle Skinner, FutureWorks Fellow, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, South San Francisco, CA

Graham Smith, Freelance Director, San Francisco, CA

Jon Tracy, Artistic Facilitator, TheatreFIRST, Berkeley, CA

Paige Vehlewald, Assitant Literary Manager, Writ Large, Los Angeles, CA

Regina Victor, Artistic Apprentice, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, Il

Aaron Voorhees, Artistic Director, Reformed Red Noses, Oakland, CA

Cynthia White, Director of New Play Development, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Orlando, FL

Craig Willis, Producing Artistic Director, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Eugene, OR

Ann Pittman Zarate, Creativity Specialist, Nat’l Winter Playwrights Retreat & The American Playbook, Creede, CO

Manuel Zarate, Founder, Nat’l Winter Playwrights Retreat & The American Playbook, Creede, CO

Kathryn Zukaitis, Literary Associate, South Coast Repertory, Santa Ana, CA