Marvin Cohen (born July 6, 1931) is an American essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, humorist, and surrealist. He is the author of numerous books, two of which were published by New Directions Publishing, and several plays. His shorter writings—stories, parables, allegories, poems, and essays—have appeared in more than 100 different publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Nation, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Fiction, The Hudson Review, Quarterly Review of Literature, Transatlantic Review and New Directions annuals.

Matt Coleman is a writer of mystery and comedy. Matt’s most recent detective comedy, A Rocky Divorce, is the combination of both. His debut, Juggling Kittens, was recently optioned for a feature film. His second book, Graffiti Creek, was not. Matt’s comedic writings have included Raptured: A Sex Farce at the End of the World, co-written with Matt Lyle, and a three-year stint writing for the comedy podcast, The City Life Supplement. Shorter fiction can be found between the pages of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, online at Shotgun Honey, or at Book Riot, where Matt is a regular contributor….

Constance Congdon has been called “one of the best playwrights our country and our language has ever produced” by playwright Tony Kushner in Kushner’s introduction to her collection TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS AND OTHER PLAYS. In addition to TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS, which has had more than 200 productions worldwide, Congdon’s plays include: CASANOVA, DOG OPERA, NO MERCY, LOSING FATHER’S BODY, LIPS and NATIVE AMERICAN. PARADISE STREET, was produced in Los Angeles and Amherst. Three commissions from the American Conservatory Theater: A MOTHER, starring Olympia Dukakis, a new verse version of THE MISANTHROPE, and a new adaptation…

George Cram Cook (October 7, 1873 – January 14, 1924) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, novelist, poet, and university professor

Keith Cooper was a member of Chicago’s Illegitimate Players.

Pierre Corneille studied law and then entered the Rouen parliament in 1629. He would serve as the king’s counselor in the local office of the department of waterways and forests for twenty-one years, and, remarkably, he still found the time to write twenty plays during this period. After his retirement from the legal profession, he would write twelve more. Although Corneille is considered by most critics to be the father of French tragedy, six of his first eight plays were comedies. His first play, MÉLITE, was presented by a strolling troupe that happened through Rouen in 1629. He followed…

Clare Coss is a playwright and activist convinced that we have it in our power to create a just and safe world. Her plays include EMMETT, DOWN IN MY HEART, Erica Gould director, Castillo Theatre, NYC and winner TADA! Play Contest, Tucson Alliance of Dramatic Artists, Tucson, AZ. Translated into French, DANS LES RIVIERES DU DELTA. Moving Parts Theatre, Paris. DR. DUBOIS AND MISS OVINGTON, New Federal Theatre in association with Castillo Theatre, NYC starring Kathleen Chalfant and Tim Simonson. STRING OF PEARLS, Provincetown Theatre Company. OUR PLACE IN TIME, TEN SCENES FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, co-produced by Women’s Project/New Federal…

Jeffrey Couchman collaborated with Scott Alan Evans on the comedy THREE WISE GUYS, based on a pair of stories by Damon Runyon, which was produced Off-Broadway by TACT/The Actors Company Theatre. He has written the book and lyrics for the sung-through musicals BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (music by Eric Allaman) and BLOOD AND FIRE (music by Lisa Heffter). POTEMKIN has been staged Off-Broadway at the York Theatre, at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in New Jersey, the Hartt School in Hartford, as part of a Festival of New Works in Nashville, and at Gallissas Theaterverlag in Berlin (German translation), among other venues….

Elizabeth Crane is the award-winning author of three collections of short stories: When the Messenger is Hot, All This Heavenly Glory and You Must Be This Happy to Enter. Her work has been featured in Other Voices, Mississippi Review, the Believer, McSweeney’s Future Dictionary of America and several anthologies including The Best Underground Fiction, Loser, Altared, and The Show I’ll Never Forget. In 2003 she received the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award. Her work has been adapted for film and the stage. She teaches creative writing in the UCR Palm Desert Low Residency MFA program. We Only Know…

Avery Crozier is the author of a one-act, THE RAT EXPLODES (The Complex, Los Angeles, 1995) and a monologue in ENDANGERED SPECIES (Interact Theatre Company, North Hollywood, 1996). EAT THE RUNT premiered Off-Broadway at the American Place Theatre in 2001 and has had a dozen productions around the country. Other plays include WALKING TO BUCHENWALD and PISHTACO.

Laura Shaine Cunningham is the author of six full-length plays and several dozen short plays. She debuted at Steppenwolf Theater with a main stage production of her play BANG, a dark comedy set in an underground condominium. BANG received a Jefferson Award nomination. BEAUTIFUL BODIES premiered at Olympia Dukakis’s Whole Theater in New Jersey. BEAUTIFUL BODIES has gone on to worldwide major productions. BEAUTIFUL BODIES is one of the most popular plays in Russia (Current: State Theatre Ryazan in Ryazan, Russia, and Volgograd Theatre, Russia) and Ukraine, Finland, Bulgaria, Lithuania. Her short plays are published in numerous Random House…

Leah D Frank graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle, WA, in 1962, then moved to Germany where her father was Exec Officer at Landsthul Army Medical Center. In 1965 she moved to New York City and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University at Lincoln Center. She has been involved with theater in one way or another for most of her life, primarily as a drama critic. She was the first woman to write drama criticism on a regular basis for The New York Times and wrote weekly for the Sunday edition’s Long Island Section for several…

DANIEL DAMIANO is an award-winning playwright, award-nominated screenwriter, actor, poet and novelist based in Brooklyn, NY. He has had plays produced throughout many areas of the U.S. as well as London, England and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Recent productions of his plays include the acclaimed World Premiere of his latest solo play ONE WITH THE CURRENT (2022 Dream Up Festival/Theater for the New City), THE LEPERS (37th Annual Marathon of One-Act Plays, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC), AMERICAN TRANQUILITY (East Village Playhouse, along with previous incarnations at the PIT Loft, 2018 Downtown Urban Arts Festival and, in Washington, DC, as…

Stacy is a NYC-based playwright and author who has had plays developed regionally and internationally. Her full-length plays include THE RUBBER ROOM (Old Vic, London; Naked Angels), PINK! (NYIT Nominee), SACRED WATER (Rag and Bone; Fundamental Theater Project), and MIRACLE  VILLAGE  (Shakespeare’s Sister Semifinalist; Leah Ryan FEWW Finalist). Her co-written musicals include HANK & GRETCHEN (produced in schools regionally), CAMP ROLLING HILLS (NYMF; Center Stage), and ONE DAY (Big Block Entertainment). Her short plays have been produced at/through The Flea, Sam French OOB Festival, Williamstown, NYMadness, Amios, Naked Radio, NYMF, etc. Published by Broadway Play Publishing, Steele Spring Stage Rights, and YouthPLAYS. Additionally, Stacy is the author of the four-book middle grade series Camp Rolling Hills, published…

Russell Davis grew up in Europe and the Middle East and then went to college in the United States. His plays have been produced at various theatres, including People’s Light & Theatre, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Long Wharf Theatre, Center Stage, Yale Repertory, and Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival. He has been a 2008-10 recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. He was resident playwright at People’s Light for the residency program of the National Endowment for the Arts/Theatre Communications Group. He has received grants and fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, McKnight Foundation,…