PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER PLAYWRIGHTS COLLECTIVE
Established in 2020, the cohort exists to elevate playwrights with ties to the Pittsburgh region and increase the visibility of Pittsburgh’s past legacy and future potential as a home for extraordinary playwrights. Member writers meet every other week to hear one another’s work and to encourage each other’s progress through constructive feedback and collective effort.
MORA V. HARRIS is a Pittsburgh-based playwright and screenwriter. Her plays are published by Playscripts, Inc. and her alien comedy Space Girl has had over twenty productions. She holds an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburgh's Regional Co-Representative for the Dramatist Guild. For more, visit: www.moravharris.com
ANYA MARTIN is a playwright and Founding Artistic Director of Hiawatha Project. Recently, in 2024 she was an O’Neill Semi-Finalist, and a TYA/USA Artistic Innovation Winner; in 2023 she was a Madison New Works Lab winner, an ATHE New Play Lab winner, and Second Rounder for the Austin Film Festival. BFA from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. AnyaMartinPlays.com HiawathaProject.org
BRIAN POPE is a Philadelphia-born, Pittsburgh-based playwright and casting director. He currently serves as Casting & Literacy Director at Pittsburgh Public Theater. His plays include Himbos (New Hazlett Theater), The Gift of the Mad Guys (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Milo de Venus (Non-State Actors), The Elephant Walk (Yinz Like Plays, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust), and Paper Trail (Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company).
KELLY TRUMBULL is a theater artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. She is an actor, educator, director, and, most recently, playwright. Her play, Morning Reckoning, received a production in April 2023 at the New Hazlett Theater, part of CSA 10. www.kellytrumbull.com
TJ YOUNG is a Texas-born playwright and dramaturg based in Pittsburgh where he serves as co-representative for the Dramatists Guild – Pittsburgh region. He received his MFA in Dramatic Writing from Texas State University. He is also the NPP Vice-Chair for Region 2 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.