Amy Wheeler loves to bring people together to engage in conversation. A lifelong theatre artist, she’s experienced the powerful space the art form opens for dialogue, reflection and action. Play Club springs from her passion to champion playwrights, especially female-identified, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, and BIPoC theatre artists, and to inspire a growing audience for new theatrical work. Amy’s own plays are being produced and developed across the country, and published in Rain City Project’s Manifesto Series. She led the pacific northwest nonprofit Hedgebrook for 13 years, expanding it into a global community of influential women and non-binary writers authoring change in every sphere of arts and culture, politics and social justice. As a producer of Hedgebrook’s Women Playwrights Festival, she was thrilled to incubate hundreds of plays, discover exciting emerging voices and encourage renowned playwrights to explore new territory. Amy holds an MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop, an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts, and is an alum of Yaddo and Hedgebrook. She and her wife Kate live in historic Ingleside Hall, a circa 1909 dance hall, where they host play readings on the original stage.

Paul Kruse tells Queer love stories. As a playwright and media artist from Western Wisconsin, his work flows from his Catholic roots and ever-evolving experience of family. He is a founding member and resident playwright of Pittsburgh’s Hatch Arts Collective, co-founded with Adil Mansoor and Nicole Shero. Paul often writes collaboratively, drawing from his years of experience as a videographer and documentarian. He is a cohort member of Audible’s third Emerging Playwrights Fund. His work has been produced by Adjusted Realists in Brooklyn, NY; Quantum Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA; the Vortex Theater in Austin, TX; and in high schools around the country. Paul has developed work at The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, Yaddo, the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, and Middlebury College. Paul recently completed his MFA at UT Austin where he was a fellow with the Michener Center for Writers. Learn more about paul at www.paulwkruse.com.

Krupa Kanaiya is a multi-hyphenate creative and marketing strategist with nearly a decade of experience in arts and nonprofit marketing. She has partnered with leading cultural organizations across the country—including the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, the Atlanta Film Society, T. Lang Dance, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, and Out On Film—to elevate their brands and champion emerging talent. Her work centers on expanding access to the arts and amplifying underrepresented voices across disciplines, while building vibrant, connected communities. Krupa currently brings her passion for storytelling and community-building to her work with Play Club.