Chana Porter (she/her/hers), writes the NY Times, “uses incongruity and exaggeration to suggest some midnight-dark truths about human life and endeavor.” Her plays have been developed or produced at New Georges, Playwrights Horizons, The Catastrophic Theatre, La MaMa, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Cherry Lane, The Invisible Dog, & Movement Research. Houston Press writes “Porter’s type of risky storytelling is, well…. like a lion’s roar in an all too often timid jungle.” She is a MacDowell Fellow, a New Georges Audrey Resident, a Target Margin Artist-in-Residence, and the recipient of Honorable Mention for the Relentless Prize. She is currently writer-in-residence at The Catastrophic Theatre in Houston. Chana is the co-founder of the Octavia Project, a free summer writing and STEM program for Brooklyn teenage girls and non-binary youth. Her debut novel, THE SEEP received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and Foreword Reviews. www.chanaporter.com
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