Mia McCullough is a playwright, educator, visual artist, screenwriter/filmmaker, and a co-owner of The Eco Flamingo — Chicago’s first zero-waste general store. CHAGRIN FALLS launched McCullough’s playwriting career in 2001, garnering several awards, including the ATCA Osborn Award. McCullough’s plays have been seen at theatres around the country including Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Stage Left Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, The Old Globe, Local Theater Company, and Interact Theatre, as well as in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. McCullough taught playwriting and screenwriting at Northwestern University for ten years, as well as playwriting classes at University of Illinois — Chicago, Carthage College, Chicago Dramatists and workshops in Chicago Public Schools. She’s written and published a book on the creative writing process called Transforming Reality. She is a member of Honor Roll!, a group of femme writers over 40, as well as a member of the Dramatists Guild.