Shannon TL Kearns is a transgender man and an ordained priest. He’s been awarded the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellowship, Lambda Literary Fellowship (in playwriting and screenwriting), and a Finnovation Fellowship. He’s been a playwright in residence at the Inge House, attended Seven Devils’ Playwright Conference, and Great Plains Theatre Commons. He was a semi-finalist for the O’Neill and a finalist for the Blue Ink playwriting award. For more: www.shannontlkearns.com