e.k. doolin, she/her, lives and writes in the MetroEast area of St. Louis. Her plays have been produced by the Slightly Askew Theatre Company, Prison Performing Arts, and the Center of Creative Arts (all of Missouri), and York College (PA), Geneva Theatre Guild (NY), Cutler Bay Theatre (FL), Theatre is the Cure (CA) and Slackline Theatre (UK). She also has had staged readings produced by The Q-Collective and Tesseract Theatre, both of St. Louis, MO. In January of 2022, her one-act play Running Uphill to Smooth Criminal was a Region 3 finalist at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and was produced by the Heartland Theatre of Bloomington, IL in July of 2022.

e.k. is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in Playwriting from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Hanna Kime is a St. Louis-born and Chicago-based playwright. Recent works include Next Door (developed with Steep Theatre), The Best Damn Thing (2021 O’Neill Finalist, Selected for UP: Renewal Reading Series), The Targeted (2020 O’Neill Finalist, 2021 BAPF Semifinalist), and Now More Than Ever (produced by St. Louis Actors Studio, Winner of OKC Rep’s Stage@Home Contest). Her full-length works have been read or developed with Steep Theatre, UP Theater, Jackalope Theatre, The New Coordinates, Broken Nose Theatre, First Floor Theater (where she served as Literary Manager from 2018-2021 and is now a company member), and Sideshow Theatre (where she is an Ensemble Member). Outside of her own writing, Hanna works as a dramaturg and teaching artist. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2018 with degrees in English and Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Novid Parsi’s plays have been produced or developed by Golden Thread Productions (San Francisco), The New Group (New York), Paines Plough (London), Playwrights Foundation (San Francisco), Queens Theatre (New York), and Silk Road Rising (Chicago), among others. His work has been recognized by the Jeff Awards (Best New Work nominee) and in multiple years by the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Novid earned degrees in English and American literature from Swarthmore College and Duke University. He lives in St. Louis with his husband.