Bonnie Milne Gardner is a playwright and educator who grew up in northern Ohio. Venues that have produced her plays include San Diego’s Human Rights Theatre Festival, Cleveland Play House, CATCO, Kent State University, Edward Albee Playwrights Conference, and New School for Drama in NYC. Recently, her plays have been featured in Clockhouse Magazine, Best Ten Minute Plays of 2019,  and 365 Women a Year Playwriting Project. She is a two time winner for Excellence in Playwriting from Ohio Arts Council. Her book, The Emergence of the Playwright-Director in American Theatre was published in 2001 by Edwin Mellon Press. She currently resides in Asheville, NC.