Kelli Dunham is the author of four books, How to Survive and Maybe Even Love Nursing School (FA Davis, 2004), How to Survive and Maybe Even Love Your Life as a Nurse (FA Davis, 2005) and The Boy’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up YOU (Applesauce Press, 2007) and the Girl’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up YOU (Applesauce Press, 2008) She is a contributor to numerous humorous anthologies including Love’s Funny That Way (Sterling Press, 2006), Squeaky Clean Comedy (Andrew McNeil Press, 2005), She’s So Funny (Andrew McNeil Press, 2004), Dangerous Families (Haworth Press, 2004), and Life’s a Stitch (Random House, 2002).Back in the day Kelli was a long time writer for Philadelphia’s Au Courant, and won two Vice Versa Awards for her humor column “Trippin’ Out” She has appeared on Penn & Teller’s Bullshit and the Discovery Channel.
Genne Murphy is a Philadelphia native, playwright, and arts educator. HOPE STREET AND OTHER LONELY PLACES, her first full-length play, was a 2011 Eugene O’Neill national conference finalist. HOPE STREET was first developed by Azuka Theatre in its 2009 Spotlight Series and will receive a professional production in March 2012. Genne’s short plays and monologues have been featured in Philadelphia by Azuka Theatre, Flashpoint Theatre Company, MERGE at the Annenberg, Madhouse Cabaret, the Philly Fringe Festival, and LIVE at Kelly Writers House (WXPN radio). She is also a recipient of a 2011 Leeway Foundation Art and Change grant for a Queer Memoir partnership with the Attic Youth Center. Genne worked for a number of years at Philadelphia Young Playwrights, an arts education organization serving K-12 schools.
