Derick Edgren = is a former Lambda Literary Fellow and recent participant in the Fresh Ground Pepper BRB Retreat. His short play Diet Pride appeared at NYU Skirball Center in May as part of the inaugural Say Gay Plays, a fundraising event to benefit New Alternatives NYC. Development includes Seven Devil Playwrights Conference, Lambda Literary LGBTQ+ Emerging Writers Retreat with faculty Victor I. Cazares, La MaMa Umbria with guest artist Todd London, Voyage Theatre Company, November Theatre, Art Garage, Cherry Lane Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, and Rockford New Play Festival, curated by Nathan Alan Davis. Awards in KCACTF Region V: 2024 John Cauble One-Act Festival, 2024 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, and 2024 and 2023 Latinx Playwriting Award. BA, Sarah Lawrence. MFA, Iowa Playwrights Workshop.