Adrienne is a multidisciplinary artist who explores performance and play. With Swim Pony, she’s created and directed works like SURVIVE!  - a 22,000 sq-ft science installation; THE BALLAD OF JOE HILL at Eastern State Penitentiary; WAR OF THE WORLDS, with Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio; and THE END – a month-long ARG exploring mortality. Most recently she developed TRAILOFF – a mobile app embedding immersive audio onto nature trails and AQUA MAROONED!, a wildlife card game. Mackey is also a former chemist and teaches acting, directing and devising at UW. Catch her new interactive comedy about escaping workaholism, THE STUPIDEST, SCARIEST TIME at 12th Avenue Arts November 2024.

brooklyn (she/her) is a trans poet and artist living in New York City. She holds an MFA from Goddard College and her work has appeared in Yellow Arrow Journal, Samfiftyfour, Impossible Archetype, The Pitkin Review, Big Muddy, and River Styx, among others. Her chapbook, we cast shadows & other true stories, from Bottlecap Press, was recently released. She is also the founder and managing editor of new words {press} - a trans and gender-expansive poetry journal and press. brooklyn is dedicated to the radical act of being herself and lifting the voices of trans poets.

Find her: www.ebrooklynbaggett.com, Instagram, Facebook, www.newwordspress.com

Kathryn is a playwright, director, actor and itinerant theater artist based in Seattle. She co-founded Café Delirium, a collective of anti-racist queers responding to public affairs with original site-specific theater. Keller serves the The 14/48 Projects, “producers of the World’s Quickest Theater Festival & other feats of impossible theater, spanning the globe.” She holds a BFA in theater and a PhD in American Studies. Keller has studied theater with Eduardo Machado, Jill Dolan, Sue-Ellen Case, Andrea Stolowitz, Elizabeth Heffron, and Miriam Tobin.

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Mathew Patrick Heggem (he/him) is the Founder & CEO of 10kCreators.com, a social enterprise whose mission is to help 10,000 creators discover financial wellness through mentorship, training, community, and access to critical resources. As both an artist and entrepreneur, this work is personal. After having survived the life of an NYC starving artist and navigating his way through the world of small business, he created 10kCreators.com to help other artists avoid the mistakes he’s made.

Rachael is passionate about community-based creativity, healing and transformation. With more than 20 years of experience, she brings a dynamic style to her work as a consultant, facilitator, mediator and applied theatre practitioner. She is a co-founder of Creative Strategies for Change, presented at TEDx, and holds an MA from the Gallatin School at NYU, where she received the Nia award for outstanding creative work, and taught courses through the commission on Gender, Race and Social Justice. Rachael finds magic in the mess and endless joy romping in the wild with Ruthie the pup.

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Sofia is a playwright, actor, and theatre director. She is the recipient of the 2023 Oregon Literary Fellowship for Drama. She has been published by Smith & Kraus, Applause Acting Series, Meriwether Publishing, Pioneer Drama Service, and The Pitkin Review. Plays include: Remote, Group; or Marlene is Dead, The Eclipse, The Heart of Gravesend, Bugs, Tiny Home, Mary Quirke, and The Purse. She’s worked as a theatre artist in NYC, Dublin, Helsinki, and Portland, OR. MFA: Goddard College, Playwriting / Creative Writing. Memberships: Dramatist Guild, SAG-AFTRA, & AEA. She’s a proud member of LineStorm Playwrights in Portland. Read her plays on New Play Exchange.

www.sofiamolimbi.com

Catherine is the Executive Artistic Director of SCRiB LAB and the Conference Director of the annual Playwriting Conference. Read her full bio above.

Blaire is a theatre artist, K-12 educator, Founder of Beyond the Stage Youth, Owner of Social Emotional Theatre, and the current Education Manager at Village Theatre. Blaire champions new voices in theatre and playwriting to foster creativity, unity, and personal growth. She has most recently worked with Village Theatre, Missoula Children’s Theatre, ACT, Double Shot Play Festival, Ancient Lake Theatre Festival and has presented at organizations such as UW, National University, Michigan Afterschool Association Conference, Washington State Bridge Conference, and Girl Scouts conferences. Blaire is a certified Social Emotional Learning Specialist and holds a BA in Theatre Arts and MA in Social Emotional Learning.

Catherine (she/her) is a neurodivergent theatre producer, dramaturg, and director based in Seattle. She was Artistic Director of Annex Theatre (2016-2019), curator of the variety show Spin the Bottle (2015-2020), and an alumna of Directors Lab North. She has developed new work as a dramaturg, director, and playwright with Annex, Latitude Theatre, Infinity Box Theatre, Macha Monkey Theatre, and others. She has a B.A. in Theatre Arts & History (Illinois Wesleyan University), Certificate in Web Design (Seattle Central), Certificate in Project Management (UW-PCE), and is currently working on a Certificate in Editing (UW-PCE). In addition to producing theatre, Catherine is also an editorial and research assistant for a history book on The Black Scholar.

Claire (she/her) is a queer fantasy romance author as well as an experienced guide that supports other writers in getting their works into the world. She has been writing in some shape or form since she was seven years old, earning an award for her poetry at age 16 and getting published in academic journals at age 21. She is now publishing her third novel in 2024 and also services creatives of all types in achieving their goals in less time with less stress. She works from Seattle WA, where she lives with her precious pup, Karma.

Find her: www.ebrooklynbaggett.com, Instagram, Facebook, www.newwordspress.com

Jaz is an Award-winning Published Poet, Author, Performance Poet, Playwright, Actress, Songwriter (ASCAP), Singer, Composer, and Educator from Philadelphia, PA. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing/Poetry from Goddard College and a BA in Theater from Temple University.

Since 2000, Jaz’s poetry publications span over two decades in multiple literary mags, journals, and anthologies. She is blessed to be a public-school educator and independent poetry instructor.

Her artistry encourages and celebrates healing of the spirit through her creative words of ministry, protest, and witness. Jaz is honored to be used as a vessel of Christ whether on or off the page/stage.