Brysen Boyd is a queer, Black/Mexican playwright, screenwriter and essayist hailing from Tacoma, WA. He served on the writing staff for season 3 of HBO’s “Succession” as a Writing Fellow (a position created for him), is the inaugural Playwright-in-Residence at Reverie Theater Company, and is a proud member of EST/Youngblood and Liberation Theater Company’s Residency Program. His plays include FAMILY SIDESHOW (2022 Juilliard Finalist, O'Neill Conference Semi-finalist, Winner of KC-Melting Pot National New Play Competition), CLOSING COSTS on 6101 NYANZA (Blue Ink Award Semi-finalist, Kennedy Center Short Play Semi-finalist), and others. His work has received support from Tin House, The Kennedy Center, Sewanee Writers Conference, Columbia University, Napa Valley Writers Conference, Kansas City Melting Pot, Seattle Playwrights’ Saloon, and others. His nonfiction has most recently appeared in the Florida Review. Having come to playwriting and creative nonfiction in undergrad by way of his first love, TV, his goal in life is to write stories that make others feel as excited as 9-year-old him felt when watching David and Keith on “Six Feet Under”. Writing means everything to him—second only to his miniature wiener dogs, Simon and Alvin. B.A., Boston College MFA., Columbia University