Playwright and writer-across-disciplines Heidi Kraay examines the link between brain and body, seeking empathy with fractured characters. She collides myth, metaphor and monsters to discover connections across difference. Dramatic work has been presented where they live in Boise, Idaho, regionally, in NYC and internationally, especially thanks to Climate Change Theatre Action who commissioned two micro-plays, Tree People (2023) and DreamSong (2021), to present worldwide. Her play for middle-grade audiences Wolf/Girl received its university premiere at Boise State University (2024). Other plays include three exploring the hidden monsters inside us: Take Me Away, see in the dark, How to Hide Your Monster, additional full-lengths, co-devised projects, additional plays for young audiences and shorts. Heidi is a three-time participating playwright in Seven Devils Playwrights Conference (2011, 2014, 2019). She has been a finalist for Creede Repertory Theatre’s Headwaters Festival and a semi-finalist at Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Unicorn Theatre, Eugene O’Neill Center, PlayPenn and Seven Devils. Selected dramatic publications available through Smith & Kraus and Applause. Projects in other disciplines include 12 Lifetimes: A Century Cycle, a memoir-adjacent book of essays in the ancient century form available through Modern Mythographer, and Drown to Resurface, an album of poem-songs available on Bandcamp. They are one of two inaugural Boise City Writers-in-Residence (2024). She teaches through Boise State University's Department of Theatre, Film & Creative Writing and The Cabin, a center for writers and readers in Boise. Heidi holds an MFA from California Institute of Integral Studies and is pursuing a Certificate in Dramatic Writing through the Dramatists Guild Institute. www.heidikraay.com