Beth Kander is a writer, performer and consultant with one foot in the South and the other in the Midwest. Selected playwriting awards: Charles M. Getchell New Play Award (2012); Theatre Oxford 10 Minute Plays Audience Award (2012); three Eudora Welty New Play Awards (2013, 2010, 2008); Mississippi Theatre Association New Play Award (2009). Ms. Kander has also been named Best Writer by the Jackson Free Press and won screenwriting awards from the 48 Hour Film Project. In addition to playwriting, Ms. Kander contributes to several blogs and magazines regularly, and has authored several works of fiction, including the novel "Was" and the children's book "Glubbery Gray: The Knight-Eating Beast" (Pelican Publishing). She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan, and is an active performer, consultant, and voice actor.

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