Walt McGough is a Boston-based playwright (by way of Pittsburgh and Chicago). In Boston, he has held fellowships with both the Huntington and New Repertory Theatre Companies. He has developed work at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the Lark Playwrights Week, and the Kennedy Center’s MFA Workshop, and he was a finalist for the 2016 Dramatists Guild Lanford Wilson Award. His plays include PATTERN OF LIFE, which was named Best New Play by the Independent Reviewers of New England, and THE FARM, PRISCILLA DREAMS THE ANSWER, and PAPER CITY PHOENIX, all of which received Best New Play IRNE nominations. Other plays include NON-PLAYER CHARACTER, CHALK, BRAWLER, FALSE FLAG, DANTE DIES!! (AND THEN THINGS GET WEIRD), and THE HABERDASHER!. He has worked around the country with companies such as the Huntington, New Rep, the Kennedy Center, NNPN, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Fresh Ink, Sideshow, Orfeo Group, Nu Sass Productions, Chicago Dramatists, and Argos, and has been produced internationally in the UK and South Korea. In 2015, his TYA play ADVICE FOR ASTRONAUTS was selected as the winner of the Milken Playwriting Prize. He previously served on staff at SpeakEasy Stage Company and Chicago Dramatists and was a founding ensemble member of Chicago’s Sideshow Theatre Company. He is also the founder and lead Game Master of First Time at the Table, which runs online sessions of tabletop role playing games such as D&D for new players. He holds a BA from the University of Virginia, and an MFA in playwriting from Boston University. www.waltmcgough.com