Lisa S. Brenner, served as chief editor of the journal Theatre Topics (JHUP); co-editor of Katrina on Stage: Five Plays (Northwestern UP); and editor of Playing Harry Potter: Essays and Interviews on Fandom and Performance (MacFarland). She is a professor of theatre at Drew University and a professional playwright and dramaturg. She has studied with seminal theatre artists such as Augusto Boal, Anne Bogart, and Moisés Kaufman.
Chris Ceraso is co-author of The 52nd Street Project Teen Ensemble: A Practical Guide to Doing Theater with Teenagers (Dramatists Play Service), and lead author of the WRITE on the Edge, a discussion of the Manhattan Theatre Club Education Program's work with "at risk" youth. Plays produced in New York and regionally;publications by Samuel French and Plays for Living. He
teaches at Drew University.
For ten years, Brenner and Ceraso have co-directed an Applied Theatre program with Newark high school students, Advantage Arts. http://facebook.com/pg/advantagearts/about
http://www.drew.edu/advantage-arts/

Foreword
No Child... by Nilaja Sun
Ghosts of Skunk Hollow by Keith Josef Adkins
Gunshots at 2 P.M. by Keith Josef Adkins
This Time with Feeling by Chisa Hutchinson
777 by Chisa Hutchinson
Marathon and Mucilage, a Contemplation on an Appellation by Chris Ceraso
Homecoming Dance by Evelyn Diaz Cruz
Snap the Sun by Pia Wilson
The Bottom Line by David Lee White
The Aftermath by Paris Crayton III
Charisma at the Crossroads by Nina Angela Mercer
Southwestern High by Cassandra Medley
Stare and Compare by Evelyn Diaz Cruz