Vichet Chum (He/Him) is an award-winning writer originally from Dallas, Texas and now living in New York City. His plays have been workshopped at Steppenwolf Theatre, Ars Nova, Page 73 Productions, Cleveland Play House, the Magic Theater, the Alley Theatre, the UCROSS Foundation, Fault Line Theatre, Crowded Outlet, Second Generation Productions, Weston Playhouse, Cleveland Public Theatre, All For One Theater, Amios, Florida State University, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, South Carolina New Play Festival and the New Harmony Project. He received the 2018 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting with New Dramatists, the 2021 Laurents/Hatcher Award and a 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for the world premiere of his play Bald Sisters which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2022 and a special state citation from the Massachusetts House of Representatives for his play KNYUM at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in 2018. He currently serves as a curator for Space on Ryder Farm, as a board member for the New Harmony Project, and as a steering committee member for the Obie Award and Tony Award-winning organization, AAPAC (The Asian American Performers Action Coalition). Past notable writers' groups include: the Resident Working Farm Group at Space on Ryder Farm, the Interstate 73 Writer's Group at Page 73 and the Ars Nova Play Group. He is currently working on commissions for Audible, Steppenwolf Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre and Merrimack Repertory Theatre. He is a proud graduate of the University of Evansville (BFA) and Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company (MFA). Vichet's debut YA novel "Kween" was released this last fall with Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. vichetchum.com