Shoshannah Boray writes plays are about love, courage and embracing complexity; they have been produced, staged, and recognized nationwide, most recently  “Guns&Chocolate”  at the NewWorks @TheWorks at Playhouse in the Square in Memphis, TN.  Other works include  A Sibling Quartet, a four play series (Spotlight Theatre, VT) featuring The First Sister Trip (BAPF Semi-Finalist, B Street Theatre Festival Finalist) and The Most Important Thing in the World (Spotlight Theatre, VT; Sullivan Drama Workshop, NY; published by YouthPLAYS) and The Tortoise and The Hare.  Other productions and honors include “Me Talking 2 Me” (Theatre Odyssey One-Act Festival);  “Apples and Stones” (Semi finalist, B Street Theatre); “Strawberry Moon” (VT State Winner, Clauder Competition); “Escaping Warsaw” (Sage Productions, NYC; Sefira Jewish Theatre (staged reading), Los Angeles; Pittsburgh New Voices, and UVM’s Royal Tyler Theatre and the Center for Holocaust Studies); “Water People” (Best Original Script, Maryland One-Act Festival); “Mensch” (JET Festival of New Plays): “Cassandra Syndrome” (BHTG Competition for Youth Theatre 2nd Prize; VAC Development Grant); “Step-Sisters” (NETC Aurand Harris Award Honorable Mention ); “Coyote Dreams” (VT State Winner, Clauder Competition; Orange Theatre Collective); “Witches’ Brew” (135 Pearl/Shoestring Productions, VT).  Member, Dramatists’ Guild; MFA Carnegie Mellon University; BA Social History, Brown University.  Shoshannah lives in Burlington, Vermont with her family, writing plays and prose, and leading theatre & writing workshops for all ages. She’s passionate about sparking conversation and engagement in the world we create everyday.