Abbie (she/her) is an actor, singer, dancer, and theatre educator based in NYC. She has toured with the Rev Theatre Co. in New York, and Bell Beyond in Italy doing Theatre for Young Audiences, and has performed at Radio City Music Hall, Sony Hall, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recent Credits: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Playhouse Stage Company), James and the Giant Peach (Firehouse Center for the Arts), Skazki (New Hampshire Theatre Project), Fangirl (Moonbox Productions). Abbie is thrilled to represent creative disabled women who know what they want! Emerson College BFA Theatre and Performance. abbieanderson.net

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Ariel Kurtz (She/Hers/Her) is so excited to be a part of this reading with Neurodivergent Plays! She has been performed in other play readings produced by the K/Q Short Play Festival and New Circle Theatre Company. She is passionate about authentic disability/neurodivergent representation and loves working on projects that are women and non-binary led. You can visit her online at www.ArielKurtz.com and on Instagram at @ArielKurtz13. 

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Brynn Hambley (she/they) is a queer and disabled playwright, theatre/devising artist, educator, and freelance dramaturg. She earned her BA in Theatre Arts from Gettysburg College and her MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work is ephemeral and speculative, focusing on the stories of queer and disabled people across time with an emphasis on how hope permeates grief. In the past, she was the Winner of Best in Fest at Planet Female Storyfest 2025 (Taking the D Train); the International Human Rights Arts Festival 2025 (Saturday’s Child); a Semi-Finalist for the Wild Imaginings: Epiphanies festival (PIETA); Winner of the Benson Disability Plays 2024 (House Call); Semi-Finalist for the O'Neill National Playwright's Conference 2024 (PIETA); Finalist for Experimental Heals with Experimental Bitch NYC (Antidotal), and more. Brynn's plays have been published with the Coachella Review, the Ponder Review, Mini Plays Magazine, and Feels Blind Literary Magazine. Member of The Dramatists Guild. Member of the Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater.  www.brynnhambley.weebly.com 

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Ciara Berardi is a director and dramaturg based in  NYC, with a BFA in Theatre (Directing & Dramaturgy) from Emerson College. Select theatrical credits include: Die Zauberflöte (Berlin Opera Academy), Midnight Hours (Open Hydrant Theater Company), Love U! See U Then! (Daisy Theatricals, BLOOM Fest), The Addams Family (NexGen Youth Theatre), The Passion of Miss De Marco… (TRANScend Plays/The Flea), Titanic (Surflight Theatre), Don't Be A Stranger (Emerson Stage/ NewFest Short Works). Ciara also worked with Two River Theater as their Production Management Assistant (Dial M For Murder, ¡Vos!, The Price). ciaraberardi.com

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