Celine Song is a member of the Public Theater’s 2016-2017 Emerging Writers Group, a member of Ars Nova’s 2014-2015 Play Group, a 2016 resident of the Millay Colony for the arts and the MacDowell Colony, an IATI Theater 2015 Cimientos Playwright, a 2014 resident at Yaddo, a 2014 Great Plains Theatre Conference Playlab Playwright, and a 2012 Edward F. Albee Foundation Writing Fellow. Her plays include The Feast (MAP Theater in Seattle, New Court Theatre in LA, Shelterbelt Theatre in Omaha, Red Theater Chicago), Family (Signature Theater, Potomac Theater), and Tom & Eliza (Ars Nova, JACK). She holds an M.F.A. from Columbia.

Jakob Holder’s plays have had productions and readings throughout the U.S., the U.K., and in Australia, Helsinki and Rome. His plays include: BEDTIME SOLOS; THE SHOULDER; HOUSEBREAKING (Dramatists Play Service, 2012); REPEAT PLAY; GREEN SETTING SUN; THE OPEN CIRCUIT; TO THE SEA IN A SIEVE; and THE AGATHA SHADOW.  He has led playwriting workshops for children in Alaska, teenagers in Florida, and adults in Finland.  A resident of Jersey City, he is the Executive Director of The Edward F. Albee Foundation, a 2002 Dramatists Guild Fellow, a 2003 Lark Theatre Fellow, and a member of The Dramatists Guild.

This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.