gursimrat kaur

is a playwright and screenwriter whose work grapples with questions of identity in our modern society and dissects subjects of faith, doubt, and cross-cultural human connection. Select works include Radiance, At the battlefront, julia, of the celestial bodies, and a modern retelling of a prominent 16th century punjabi folklore mirza-sahiba. Her plays have been developed at the curious theatre branch, MOXIE theatre, naatak, wild imagining theatre, HBMG foundation, the playwrights' center, monson arts and elsewhere studios among others. She is the recipient of The allan havis playwriting award (UC san diego) and award of merit for individual screenwriting (southern shorts) and has been finalist for jane chambers award, ScreenCraft stage play competition, and jerome and many voices fellowships at the playwrights center. She was the 2019-2020 core apprentice at the playwrights' center. She's a recent graduate of the university of texas at austin's MFA playwriting program where she was a james A. michener fellow. She's currently an american woman fellow at dramatic question theatre and working as an apprentice at the playwrights' center.