Kristen Palmer’s plays include ONCE UPON A BRIDE THERE WAS A FOREST, THINGS YOU CAN DO, LOCAL STORY, DEPARTURES and ALL THE GIRLS LOVE BOBBY KENNEDY.  Her plays have been produced and/or developed by Live Girls! Theater, FLUX Ensemble, Women’s Project, New Georges, Circle X, Soho Rep, Capital Rep, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, The Brick, and others.  Awards include a Jerome Fellowship at the Playwrights Center, a CT State Artist Award, and the Goldberg and Zarkower Prizes at Hunter College.  She is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild and holds an MFA in Playwriting from Hunter College, an MA from the Gallatin School at NYU and a BA from Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds.  kristenpalmerplaywright.com