Meet the Writers

Aidyn Kalenova, Alexis Hernandez, Aliyah D'Andrea Curry, Charles Day, Grace O'Brien, H. Avery, Helen Cheng Mao, John Zimmerman, Jonathan G Galvez, Juan Ramirez Jr, Kirk Johnson, Kristin Macke, Leslie C. Nemet, Leslie Corn, Lucy Wang, M Mary Sullivan, Mark Mulkerin, Poli Olavarria, Rebecca Kane, Ruben Carbajal, Ryan Stevens, Sasha Foo, Shanna Allman, Steven D. Miller, TaMara E'Lan G.

Meet the Directors

Abbey Joan Burgess, Brandon M. Weber, Erin Moughon, Mary Lauren, Michelle de la Rosa

Meet the Actors

Aaliyah Peterman, Alex de Suze, Brad Makarowski, Carmi Burbridge, Diana Cherkas, Helene Galek, Ja'Michael DaShawn, Jayson Kerr, Jessica W. Chen, Kathleen Kwan, Laura E. Johnston, Lluvia Almanza, Mahima Saigal, Melissa Roth, Phil Gagliano, Rachel Lu, Rafa Perez, Rebecca Hoodwin, Richard E. Calvache, Sharlene Hartman, Tameka Bennett, Valentina Mallol, Valerie David, Veronica Dang, Yiqing Zhao

About the Festival

Each year we celebrate the diverse stories that make up America by inviting writers to submit monologues that showcase the broad spectrum of what it is to live, work and play in America. Our aim is to collect unique, captivating and beautiful stories and share them so that we learn, grow and hear each other. Selected monologues are performed at this special event and published in an anthology. Each year we chose a word that should be included in each monologue, the chosen word for this year’s festival is catalyst.