Jan Probst is a storyteller, who found her creative home in theatre and film. Striving to put women’s issues center stage, she jumped headfirst onto the stage in 1976, as a writer-performer and founding member of The Whole Works Women’s Theater Collective. A decade later, she combined art forms with the performance troupe Streetwise Women’s Martial Arts Theater. She has since found her footing as a playwright, from solo stage work to production and publication. Jan has been an Artist in Residence at Z Space Studios, Playwright of the Month at Off-Market Theater, guest artist for the ATHE Annual Conference, and while earning her MFA in Playwriting from San Francisco State University, was a national finalist for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. As a longtime member of the award-winning improv film company Barewitness Films, Jan has helped create many short films, working both sides of the camera. She is a member of Honor Roll!, International Centre for Women Playwrights, Theatre Bay Area, Theatre Communications Group, Playwrights Center, and the Dramatists Guild.