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This is intended to be a resource for producers, directors, or playwrights to identify racially, ethnically or culturally diverse creative teams for theatre projects in the U.S. Please add your information to the bottom of the list if you are a dramaturg who identifies as non-white or of color, inclusive of all ages, genders, and abilities. This is not intended to be a list of fields other than dramaturgy, so if you do not identify as a dramaturg, please do not add your name to this list. However, feel free to create a similar list for other fields in the theatre. Also, please allow others to opt-in by adding themselves, rather than being added by others. In order to keep the list useful, incomplete entries or entries that do not follow the guidelines stated in this message will be deleted. Thank you! If you have questions, please email martinekeigreen@gmail.com. NOTE: you may add your name by clicking on one of the "new entry" fields at the bottom. This list will be re-alphabetized periodically.
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First NameLast NameArea of Specialization (are you a classical,
musical, new play, etc. dramaturg?) If you
are a generalist, please indicate in this
box. Do not leave this area blank.

Home LocationOther Places You Have Access
to Local Housing
How You Identify (Racially, Culturally, Ethnically)
Other Ways You IdentifyWebsite (or link to
online resume)
Preferred Contact
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lGarciaNew work, LGBTQAI+, GeneralChicago, ILSouth Bend, IN, Albuquerque, NMLatinx, Mexican-American
Non-binary, Gender Non-Conforming
ricochet32@gmail.com
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AbelMarquezBIPOC Work, New Work Development, Social Justice (REDI) Work, Devised, LGBTQIA+, Adaptation, Audience/Community Engagement, Latinx Theatre, Special Events/Festival Coordinator, Production Dramaturg, Higher Education, Accessibility, Instructor, GeneralistWest Covina, CALos Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; Miami, FL; Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; Warensburg, MILatinx; Mexican; ChicanxCis-Gender Male; LGBTQIA+ (Gay, Queer); Director, Dramaturg, Writer, Actor, Producer, Arts Administrator, Coordinator, Educator, Life-Long Learner, Curator of Personal Truthshttps://abelmarquez.net/abelmarquez.work@gmail.com
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AdrenaWilliamsGeneralist, New Play, Solo, Women+Philadelphia, PAn/aBlack
cis, queer, femme, disabled
adrenajwms@gmail.com
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AmissaMillernew work, new musicals, devised work, solo work, documentary, social justice, community engagement, african american and african diasporic work Oakland, CAAustin, Boston, NYC, Philly, Portland, SeattleBlack American
Cis, female, queer, writer, educator, facilitator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amissa-miller-26064a18/amissamiller@gmail.com
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Angela Farr Schiller, PhD Generalist, New Works Dramaturgy, Production Dramaturgy, Community Engagment Dramaturg, Black Theater, Black Women, the Philosophy of Dramaturgy, Cutural and Critical Race TheoristAtlanta, GABoston, Los Angeles, San DiegoBlack AmericanCis, Female, Director, Scholar, Arts Advocate, Writer, Professor, https://www.angelaschiller.com/ang.schill@icloud.com
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AnnalisaDiasGeneralist, new play, devised theatreWashington, DCPittsburgh, New YorkIndian-Americancis-gender femaleannalisadias.weebly.comannalisa.dias1@gmail.com
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AnnieWangProduction dramaturgy (classical & contemporary), new play development (plays & opera), artists' process
Chicago, IL & New York, NY
San Francisco Bay AreaChinese-Americancis-gender femalewang-annie.comanniejinwang@gmail.com
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ArmindaThomasGeneralistNew York, NYLos Angeles, Memphis, Seattle, San Francisco African Americancis-gender femailehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/arminda-thomas-27426347/arminda.thomas@gmail.com
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AsakiKurumaGeneralist, new play development,
historical, Japanese, translation
(Japanese/English), cultural consultant
Philadelphia, PATokyo (Japan)Korean/Japanese
Cisgender, female, costume designer, English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
https://asakikuruma.wixsite.com/asakidesignasaki.kuruma@gmail.com
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BernardoMazón DaherGeneralist, culturally specificSan Diego, CAArrangements can be made on per-project basisArab-Mexican Americancis-gender manmazonbernardo@gmail.com
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BrianValenciaMusical, Classical, New-Play, GeneralMiami, FLBoston, MALatino (Mexican-American)Cis-gender Malebrian.valencia@gmail.com
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Carol AnnTanGeneralist, New PlayChicago, ILChinese-Singaporean
Cisgender female, Director, Playwright
www.carolanntan.comcarolanntan@gmail.com
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ChristineMokGeneralist, new play, Asian American, devised theatreProvidence, RINYCAsian Americancis-gender femalewww.wingspace.comchristineymok@gmail.com
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Daniel MestaClassics, Opera, Radio, Latinx theatre, Russian theatre
Mexico City, New York City
NYC, CDMX, St. Petersburg (Russia), Los AngelesMexican American
Cis-male, director, actor, curator, queer
danielmesta.comdanielaustinmesta@gmail.com
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DanteFloresGeneralDallas, TXArrangements can be made on per project basis.non-white Latinx
cisgender male, playwright,
poet, activist
danteflo@gmail.com
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DebraCardonaClassical, Musical, GeneralistNew York & LALos Angeles
Latina (Puerto Rican-American)
Cis-gender Femalewww.debracardona.comdebracardona@earthlink.net
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DeRonWilliamsGeneralist, New Play Development, Black Theatre, Black Queer Theatre, Production DramaturgyChicago, ILChicago, IL; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA African American
Cis-male, queer, scholar (PhD); trained researcher
www.deronswilliams.comderonwms@gmail.com
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DevonHayakawaGeneralist, New Play Development, Musical Theatre, TYA/Family, EducationalChicagoNorthern CaliforniaHalf-JapaneseQueer, playwright, deviser, director, & actordevonhayakawa.comdevonhayakawa@gmail.com
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DiviniaShorterNew Play Development, TYA/Family, Black Art and Conversation, Queer Writing, Latinx Work, some classical DMV Area (DC/Baltimore/MD)N/ABlack, Latina (Guatemalan)Queer cis woman; novelist, poet, editor/story advisor, playwrightdivinia.shorter@gmail.com
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GavenTrinidadSocial Justice, New Work, Adaptation, Devising, Documentary Theatre, Experimental, Community Engagement, LGBTQIA, Immigrant Narratives, Asian and Asian American Narratives, Dance, ChoreopoetryNew York, NYBerkshires, MA; Quezon City, PHFilipino Americancis-male, queer, plawright, director, illustrator, educatorgaventrinidadtheatre.com
dramaturg.trinidad@gmail.com
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GinTogeneralist, queer theory, visual art, development theories, Vietnamese studiesChicago, ILSaigon, Vietnam... (I don't know if this is useful)Vietnamese
queer, actor, visual artist, playwright
ginto.aj@gmail.com
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J. SebastianAlberdiGeneralist, LGBTQ+, ChicanxBoston, MASan Diego, CALatino (Mexican)cis man, queer, playwrightjsebastianalberdi@gmail.com
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Jacqueline LawtonGeneralist, Classical, Musical, New Play, History, Adaptation, DanceChapel Hill, NCArrangements can be made on per project basis.African American/BlackCis-gender femalewww.jacquelinelawton.com
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JaredBellotGeneralist, Classical, New PlayChicago, ILBoston, MA
Bi-Racial, Black/African American/Caribbean American and White
Cis-gender Malejared.d.bellot@gmail.com
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JeanetteSanchez-IzenmanNew play, History, Latinx (historical/contemporary) - I also do Intimacy ChoreographyTacoma, WA/SeattleAlbuquerque, NM; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MS; Grand Forks, ND; Jersey City, NJLatinx/Chicanxcis-gender female
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Jeffrey GanNew Play, Devised performance, Dance, GeneralistAustin, TXWashington, DC
Indo, Indonesian-American, White, Mixed race
Cis-gender male, Gayjflynngan@gmail.com
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JihyeKimNew Play, Devsied, Site-specific, Immersive, translation (Korean to English), Storytelling solo performance, stories with radical structures
Los Angeles, CA & Seoul, Korea
Chicago, IL, Asian American, Korean
nonbinary, nonnormative, bilingual/bicultural, deviser
jihye.kim.amkam@gmail.com
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Jocelyn PrinceNew Play, Performance Art, Adaptation, Black Literature, Arts Education and Audience Engagement Chicago, IL Arrangements can be made on per project basis.Black Americancis-female, straight, activisthttp://www.jocelynprince.com; http://www.beehivedramaturgy.com/prince.jocelyn@gmail.com
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Jordan Ealey New Play Development, Musical Theatre, Black Theatre, Feminist Theatre, Dance, Performance ArtAtlanta, GADC/Baltimore BlackNonbinary femmejordan.ealey@gmail.com
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JulietaVitulloGeneralist, historical, Latin American, in translationSeattle, WANew Jersey, New York CityLatina (South American)
bilingual playwright, short-story writer, novelist and essayst
www.julietavitullo.comjulivitu@gmail.com
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KatyZapantaGeneralist, New Play, Devising, DancePittsburgh, PANYC, LAFilipino American
cis-female, queer, writer, academic
www.linkedin.com/in/katy-zapantakatyzapanta@gmail.com
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LaurenVillegasmusical theater, adaptation, latinx theater, community built theater, e/d/i facilitatorNYCLos Angeles, Chicago, Houston, MiamiLatinxpan cis femwww.laurenvillegas.comvillegas.lauren@gmail.com
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LeslieIshiiNew Play, Pan Asian and Pacific Islander American, Devised Theatre, Classics, e/d/i facilitatorLos Angeles, CA
Japanese American, Pan API
cis-gender femalemarylishii@gmail.com
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LianaIrvineNew Plays, Devising, Social MovementsPhiladelphia, PAPortland, Bay Area, ChicagoAsian American
non binary, Transracial Adoptee
liana.s.irvine@gmail.com
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Lisa Marie RollinsNew PlaysSan Francisco, CASeattle, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta, PortlandBlack / Filipina
Cis-Gender Female, Director, Writer
lisamarierollins.wordpress.comlisamarierollins@gmail.com
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LyndeRosarioGeneralist, Classical, New Play, Devised Theatre, Documentary Theatre, Adaptation, Audience EngagementMinneapolis & St Paul, MNNYC & Denver, ColoradoPuerto Rican and AshkenaziCisgender femalelynde.rosario@gmail.com
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M.J.KangNew plays, Adaptations, GeneralistLos Angeles, CANYC, Boston, TorontoKorean-American-Canadian
Cisgender female, playwright, actor, improviser
mkangj@gmail.com
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MarioGomezGeneralist, translation workSeattle, WAArrangements can be made on per-project basisHispanic, Latinx, Mexican, and AmericanCis-gender male, sound designer, directorwww.onlinedramaturg.commario@marioagomez.com
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Martine Green-RogersGeneralist New Paltz, NYNorfolk, VA / Washington DCBlackCis-gender Femalewww.martinekeigreenrogers.commartinekeigreen@gmail.com
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MatthieuChapmanShakespeare/Early Modern, Post-Black Theatre, Contemporary Black Theatre, New Works, Political/Social Theatre, Memoir, Biographical theatreKingston/New York, NYSan Diego, Los AngelesBlackmatthieuchapman.comdr.matthieu.chapman@gmail.com
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Mei AnnTeoNew Play, Generalist Amherst, MANew York, NY
Chinese American, Singaporean
Director/Deviser, Cis-gender Female, Queer, Former Conservative Christian, Current Buddhist/Taoist
www.meiannteo.commeiannteo@gmail.com
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MelanieQuepondsGeneralist, Latinx-centered work, new work and musicals, multilingual/bilingual (English + Spanish) work, queer work
Southern California (IE but willing to drive/have local housing in LA and SD)
Chicago, IL, Bay Area, CA, Los Angeles, San Diego
Latinx (Chicana / Mexican-American)
Cisgender female, bisexual, neurodivergent, director, producermelanieclaireq.commelaniequeponds@gmail.com
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MichaelSakamotoDevised performance specialist. Researcher in intercultural performance, especially dance theater. Japanese/Asian American background. Performance and cultural studies educator-scholar. Amherst, MALos Angeles, CA; Iowa City, IA; Twin Cities, MNJapanese Americancis-male, theatre and dance artist, professor/educator, scholar, curator, arts manager (MFA, PhD)http://www.michaelsakamoto.orgmichaelsakamoto1@gmail.com
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NakissaEtemadNew Plays & Musicals, Musical Theatre, BIPOC works (esp. Black, Latinx, MENA), Classics, French-to-English TranslationsSan Francisco, CALos Angeles, San Diego, Portland (OR), NJ, New Hampshire, Sheffield (UK)Iranian Americancisgender female dramaturg, producer, director, French translatorhttps://goldenthread.org/about/people/#open-modal-Nakissa%20Etemadncetemad@yahoo.co.uk
https://playonfestival.org/production/king-lear/
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NatashaSinhaGeneralist, New Plays, New Musicals, New Devised Work, New Solo Work, Unconventional Storytelling, Plays With Music, Character Development, Social JusticeNew York, NYArrangements can be made on per project basis.Indian-AmericanCis, female, producerhttp://www.beehivedramaturgy.com/whoweare/#/natashasinha/sinha.tash@gmail.com
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NaysanMojganiNew work, Shakespeare, adaptations, generalistDMV Area (DC/MD/VA)New Orleans; San Diego; Minneapolis; Atlanta; Portland, ORMixed Race, Black, PersianCis male, parent, educatornmojgani.commojganin@gmail.com
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NoeMontezNew Play, Generalist Boston, MALatinx, Mexican-AmericanCis-gender malehttp://dramadance.tufts.edu/people/montez.htmnoe.montez@gmail.com
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NoreenQuadirGeneralistNYCConnecticutWOC (prefer to keep exact ethnicity private)Cisgender female, activisthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/noreenquadir/zizzynq@gmail.com
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PhaedraScottNew Play, Dance Play, GeneralistBoston, MAPhiladelphia, PA & Washington DCBlackCis-Gender Femalephaedrascott.comphaedramichelle.scott@gmail.com
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QuinnEliNew play development, emerging playwrights, writing groups, festval/special events dramaturgy, BIPOC theater (especially African-American)Philadelphia, PANew York, New Jersey, North Carolina and throughout PABlack
Cisgender male, two-spirit, playwright
quinndestaleli@gmail.com
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RachelLynettNew plays, Queer performance, Black Theatre and performanceMadison, WIChicago, LA, HoustonBlack/Afro-Latinxnonbinary, queerrachel.lynett@gmail.com
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SadahProctorNew play, multimedia, culturally specificBrooklyn, NYN/A
Black African Caribbean American
Cis-Gender Femalewww.sadahespiiproctor.comespii@sadahespiiproctor.com
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SalmaZohdiNew Play, Adaptation, Devised, Middle Eastern/Arab/North African Theatre, Development workhopsNYCConnecticut, and Virginia/DC area North African, Muslim, WOC
Cisgender female, cultural curator and consultant
https://zohdiscriptconsultancy.com/
salma.zohdi@gmail.com
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SantiCastroPlaywright, dramaturg, new play development, visual artist, teaching artistPhiladelphia, PaNYC, Minnesota, chicago
Indigenous Mexican and Cuban
www.santicastro.artSanticastro1241@gmail.com
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SebastiánEddowes-VargasPlaywright, dramaturg, new play development, adaptations, queerness, migrationNew Haven, CTNYCPeruvian, Latine
Male presenting, genderqueer
https://www.instagram.com/sebas.edohuez/
sebastian.eddowesvargas@yale.edu
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SEVANMusical Theatre (American/British), Middle Eastern, Muslim, Arab, Greek classics/adaptations, new play developmentNYCLA, FL, NC,
Lebanese-Armenian, Pakistani
http://www.sevangreene.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FBT_Freelance-Resume.pdf
justsevan@gmail.com
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Shawn ReneGrahamGeneralistNew York, NY
African American/Indigenous
enersg@msn.com
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ShaylaGordon[early career] New Plays and Musicals, generalist, researcher Cleveland, OH Midwest, New York, Bay Area, AtlantaBlack American
Nonbinary Femme, writer, performer, spiritual worker
shmgordon92@gmail.com
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SoniaFernandezNew PlaySan Francisco, CALatina (Mexican-American)Cis-gender Femalesoniaf@gmail.com
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StephanieLimGeneralist, Musical Theatre, Deaf/Disability StudiesLos Angeles, CANYC and SD can be arrangedAsian American (Filipino, Chinese)Cisgender female, educator, scholar (PhD student)http://stephaniejlim.com/stephaniejoylim@gmail.com
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Tabitha ChesterGeneralist, New Play Development, Black Theatre, Carribbean Theatre, Black Queer Theatre, Queer Theatre, Devised Theatre, Social JusticeSouth Florida/ ChicagoNYC, Atlanta, DMV, Balitmore, Columbus, Charlotte, Arizona (Phoenix/Tuscon), Huntsville, Nashville, St. Louis, AustinBlack
Non-Binary/GNC, Queer, Scholar (PhD)
www.tabithachester.comtabithachester86@gmail..com
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Tatiana Isabel Gil New Play developement, world premieres, production dramaturgy, LGBTQ+, Latine Stories, Devising, Working with storytelling that breaks traditional form, Political, Social justice oriented work, Art activism, poetry, trauma informed theater making/wiriting, healing arts Albuquerque, NM Boston/Mass, Chicago, IL
Brown Latine First generation American
queer femme actor, dramaturg, poet, and playwright
tatianaisabel.comtatianaisabelgil@gmail.com
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TJYoungNew Play, AdaptationPittsburgh, PAToronton, Houston, Dallas, Austin, NYC, Atlanta, New Jersey, Arizona, DMV, BaltimoreBlack American
cis-male, queer, playwright, educator
thorn.young@gmail.com
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TlalocRivasNew Work, Latinx play development, Adaptation, Translation, Classics, Devising and Community Engagement, Generalist (as needed)Pittsburgh, PAArrangements can be made on per project basis.
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WaylonLenkNative theatre, ShakespeareEugene, ORKaruk (Native)waylonl@uoregon.edu
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WynneChanGeneralist, Immigrant Narratives, Asian American Narratives, Musical Theatre, Chinese Language and History, (Basic) Japanese Language and HistorySan Francisco, CA
Hong Kong American (Chinese)
cis-female, director, actor, singer
https://linktr.ee/wychanwynnechan0730@gmail.com
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YasminMikhaielGeneralist, Documentary, Oral History, Historical/PeriodChicago, ILArrangements can be made on per project basis.Persiancis-gender woman, queeryasminzacaria.comyasminmikhaiel@gmail.com
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ZeapoeMataldaMusical, Classical, New-Play, GeneralSeattle, WAFargo, NDAfrican AmericanCis-gender femalemataldaz@spu.edu
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Ali (Al)Pour IssaNew Plays, New Works, Devising, Adaptation, Translation, Middle Eastern related works, GeneralistNew York City, NYNew Jersey, California
Persian/Iranian, Middle Eastern; US Based
https://www.alpourissa.netinfo@alpourissa.net; ali.pourissa@aya.yale.edu; (206) 519-4970
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YiningLinNew Plays, New Works, AAPI, Traditional Chinese theatre related worksCleveland, OH Arrangements can be made on per project basis.Chinese American US Basedlin,yining@gmail.com; ylin@clevelandplayhouse.com; (510) 917-1554
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dr candidugasNew Play Development, Black Narratives, Spiritual + Historical ThemesSedona, AZ + Atlanta, GADigital Nomad - so anywhere :-)Black/African AmericanWoman (no pronoun preference) --- Playwright --- Indie Producerwebsite: https://candidugas.com/ --- (specific to dramaturgy: https://candidugas.com/dramaturgy/)candi@candidugas.com (alternate: cdugasllc@gmail.com) --- office phone: 470.236.1408
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Peter (Jake)RuizNew play developement, LGBTQ+ Narratives, Classic Plays, GeneralistChicago, ILArrangements can be made on per project basis.
Multi-racial, Multi-Ethnic, Latine
Non-Binary, Queer, Playwright, Actor
www.peter-ruiz.competer.jacob.ruiz@gmail.com
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RebsChanGeneralist, New Play Development, Queer Narratives, Chinese-American Narratives, Intersectional Narratives, Political and Historical ThemesDetroit, MICalifornia Bay Area; Kalamazoo, MI
Asian-American (Chinese-American, mixed ethnic identity)
Non-binary, Queer, Playwright, Actor, Sound DEsigner
https://rebschan.wordpress.com/rebschanproductions@gmail.com
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JenGobairaGeneralist, Queer/BIPOC Works, Themes around Gender, Sexuality, Political and Historical NarrativesDurham, NCOrlando, FLLatinx, Cuban
Nonbinary, Queer, Transmasc
jengobaira@gmail.com
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NicoRaimontComedy, New Play development, Lyric Writing, Character development, Musical, Sci-Fi, Political, LGBTQ+, VerseNYC, NYFort Lauderdale, FLLatinQueerwww.nicoraimont.comnicoraimontbusiness@gmail.com
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JenaRashidNew Play, Contemporary,historical narratives,MESA narrativesOrlando, FLSouth Asianjenarashid99@gmail.com
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ZachariahEzerNew Play Development, Black Narratives, Jewish Narratives, Interesctional Narratives, Political and Philosophical Themes, Academic Theory, Genre WorkBrooklyn, NYSyracuse, NYBlackQueer, Jewishzachezer.comzachezer@gmail.com
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LydiaMossNew Play Development, Black Stories, Black theology, Classics, Short Stories, Chicago, ILTallahassee, FL, Chicago, IL, South Bend, INBlacklydiamoss.comlydiamoss97@gmail.com
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AeJay Antonis Marquis New Play, Queer+ Stories, Christian Reclamation/ Remix, Black + Stories, Canonical Adaptation, Style and Form Exploration beyond Realism/ Aristotelian Structures
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