About Michael Lynch - Crows Landing Gently, Gently

Lynch was awarded the Shubert Fellowship in Playwriting along with three Bay Area critics’ awards and six Hollywood Dramalogue awards. He was also voted Best New Playwright at the Edward Albee Theater Conference. Lynch earned his bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fresno, in 1971 and went to work as a theater instructor and manager for Merced College until 1975. From then until 1977, he was the theater manager for Skyline College. He was the playwright in residence for One Act Theater Company of San Francisco from 1981-1991. He was a theater instructor and playwright in residence at WHCC from 1985-1992. Thus far during his career, Lynch has had 39 of his plays produced, nine of which were set in Coalinga. These plays were produced in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.

About Laurel Ollstein - Pandora

Laurel Ollstein is an award-winning playwright, director and educator whose plays most recently have been produced at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. She is currently working on her musical In Tillamook, and her full-length memoir, Bullet. Pandora was a commission from the Getty Villa. @laurelollstein.com

About Julie Hébert - Entangled

Julie Hébert is a writer/director of television, film and theater. Her plays have been produced all over the country and she has twice been honored with the PEN Center Award in Drama. Her extensive television work has been distinguished with the EMMY and a Peabody Award. More information at juliehebert.com

About Lynne Kaufmann - The Next Andy Warhol

Lynne Kaufman is a nationally award winning playwright with two-dozen full-length plays produced at such venues as The Magic Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Florida Studio Theatre, The Fountain Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville and The Marsh.

About Ken Narasaki - Spoiled

A former San Franciscan, Ken Narasaki is an actor/writer whose plays include his adaptation of NO-NO BOY, and the award-winning plays INNOCENT WHEN YOU DREAM, THE MIKADO PROJECT (co-written with Doris Baizley, Kumu Kahua Best Play), GHOSTS AND BAGGAGE, and OUR WAR.

About Andrea Gordon - My Lunch With Babs

Andrea Gordon has been directing and producing award winning theater on the West coast since 1983. She was resident director at Theater Artists of Marin, the One Act Theatre Company, Artistic Director for Tour de Force Theatre Company, Co-Artistic Director at the Eureka Theatre (along with Benny Sato Ambush and Lane Nishikawa). She is a legacy member and current Artistic Associate of Three Girl's Theatre. She has directed at Marin Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, the Eureka Theatre, Berkeley Stage, Asian American Theatre Company, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, the Fringe Festival and many other places up and down the California Coast, NYC and Chicago.

About Lee Brady - Appointment in Mendocino

Lee Brady is an award-winning San Francisco playwright who, like everyone else in theatre, wears several hats.  She’s an actor, a cofounder of 3Girls Theatre   a teacher and a theatre critic     Her plays have been produced in Memphis, New York City, Columbia, Missouri, Edinburgh, Scotland and Valdez and Alaska as well as in San Francisco.