Bruce Bonafede is a playwright and a Lifetime Member of the Dramatists Guild. Full-length plays include Advice to the Players (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival Heideman Award-winner, Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays, published by Samuel French), Crusade (Baltimore Playwrights Festival), The Desert of Love  (Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre), and Ellie. One-acts include North (Santa Fe Playhouse) and Quarantine (Little Theatre of Alexandria One-Act Contest). His 10-minute plays have been produced in New York, San Diego, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and Los Angeles. He is based in Southern California.