Crystal SkillmanPlaywright, TV writer, Comic Book writer, Educator

    Plays include: OPEN (NYTimes and TONY Critics Pick), GEEK, KING KIRBY, ANOTHER KIND OF LOVE, and CUT. She is the author of the play PULP VÉRITÉ (Director: Margot Bordelon) which was workshopped at the Playwrights Foundation last fall and just announced on the 2019 Kilroy’s List as Honorable Mention. Her play RAIN AND ZOE SAVE THE WORLD, winner of the 2018 EMOS Prize, was presented in an industry reading at MTC Studios this spring. Crystal is the musical theater book writer of MARY AND MAX (composer/lyricist: Bobby Cronin) which was awarded the 2018 MUT Award Critics Prize. MARY AND MAX recently premiered at Theatre Calgary, and has just announced its European premiere this fall at Landestheater Linz. TV/Comic Book work with Fred Van Lente includes: EAT FIGHTER (WebToon), ADVENTURE TIME (Boom! Studios), and the original pilot PAPER HEROES (Finalist for several competitions including Big Break and Launch Pad). Awards include: NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Play for THE VIGIL OR THE GUIDED CRADLE, two EST/Sloan commissions, and the web series DRUNK ART LOVE. Crystal is an alumni of Youngblood, the WP Theater Lab, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and is an EST member. Crystal lives in New York City.