HALLIE PALLADINO is a Chicago based playwright. Recent plays include PROXIMITY PLAY (Prop Thtr commission), THE PERSUADABLES (Centenary Stage WPF; Prop Thtr Church of the New Play), OPERATION MARSHMALLOW FLUFF (Broken Nose Theatre’s Bechdel Fest), DERAILED (O’Neill Semi-Finalist; Broken Bells Reading Series), INFATUATION (Ojai Playwrights Conference, Chicago New Works Festival, Dandelion Theater Reservoir Series) MISSED CONNECTIONS  (Wayward Sisters, Idle Muse Theater’s Athena Festival; Pride Films & Plays LezPlay Festival) THE HANUKKAH STORY (Three Cat Productions “Holiday Radio Show 1943”) and SUNRISE ARDMORE BEACH (Something Marvelous Festival). H