Kylee Kyte (she/they) is a poet, playwright, and social worker based in San Diego who believes that creative expression is instrumental to mental health and social justice. Kylee’s work has previously won the “Outstanding Creative and Performing Arts Award” at San Diego State University. You can see more of her work @thekytewrytes on Instagram.
Sierra Hitchcock is a former dancer who traded her pointe shoes for a pen, continuing her love of the performing arts as a playwright and librettist. Her full-length plays include Ruckus Forum and Edgar Allan Poltergeist. With her father, Sierra has written the comedy, Way South of Eden, an original adaptation of A Christmas Carol (Weston Theater Company), as well as the book and additional lyrics…
Arthur M. Jolly (he/him) has the typical writer background–starting out as a stuntman, snake-wrangler and special effects artist, then quitting the film industry to become a helicopter pilot: instructing for the US Army at at Fort Rucker, and later flying Las Vegas tourists into the Grand Canyon. He now writes instead, recognized by the Academy with a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Features…
Lee Chabin is an emerging playwright and fiction writer who explores themes of identity, community, and intolerance and is committed to developing compelling, authentic narratives for the stage. He is a mediator and lawyer who has been published in the New York State Bar Association Journal and is a two-time winner of the Parenting Media Association Award for the Separation…
Maggie Cregan is a playwright based in Cleveland, Ohio, whose work often features dark humor, difficult women, and themes of contemporary American life. Line Cooks like Baby Birds will run in the Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre’s short play festival Eight 10s @ 8:00 in Jan–Feb 2026. Maggie’s full-length play The Station made its off-Broadway debut in the SheNYC…
Matthew Moore is a poet and playwright originally from New England. Their work has been produced at the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Queens Short Theater Festival, Durango Arts, and Two Oceans Theater. Their play “Portugal” was published in the Coachella Review, and went on to receive First Place at the Fresh Fruit Festival.
By Pallas Gutierrez The last time The Coachella Review checked in with Daniel A. Olivas, we published a review of his short story collection My Chicano Heart, a work that we described as both experimental and expertly crafted, starkly realistic and deeply magical. In his latest work, Olivas takes the experiments further with his first play, Waiting for Godínez. Inspired…
Sopan Deb is a playwright, author and writer for The New York Times, where his topics have included sports and culture. He is the author of the novel Keya Das’s Second Act, and the memoir, Missed Translations: Meeting The Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me. Before joining the Times, Deb covered Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign as a campaign embed for…
Brian C. Petti is an award-winning playwright who has been produced internationally by such companies as Headwall Theatre Company, Theatre of NOTE and 5th Wall Productions. Next Year in Jerusalem was the winner of the Humboldt State University National Play Contest in California. Heroines, On The Expectations of White Christmases, Like Drowning, The Love Song of Sidney J Stein, and…
Lindsey Brown is an award winning New Zealand playwright whose passion for the performing arts started at a young age. Initially a keen musical theatre and improv performer, she then moved into the world of playwriting. She has had plays performed around the world, including London, India, New York, Hollywood, Florida, Atlanta, Sydney, Dubai, Queenstown and Auckland. Lindsey often…