Playwright Heidi Kraay examines the connection between brain and body, seeking empathy with fractured characters. Her work pulls myth, metaphor and monsters together to attempt connections across difference. Plays include Unwind: Hindsight is 2020, see in the dark, How To Hide Your Monster, New Eden, Me and My Shadow and Kilgore, as well as several co-devised plays, one-acts, plays for young audiences and short plays. Her work has been presented in Boise, regionally, in NYC and internationally, most recently through Trinity Street Players, Tomo Suru Players, Thingamajig Theatre Company, the Alternative Theater Company, Idaho State University, Boise Contemporary Theater, Migration Theory, Opal Theatre Company, the National Winter Playwrights Retreat & Workshop, HomeGrown Theatre, id Theater and Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Heidi is a founding artistic associate for Migration Theory, a physical art company in Boise, for which she co-devised SuperSecretSiteSpecificSomething and small matters. She teaches for the Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at Boise State University and for The Cabin, a literary center in Boise. Heidi holds an MFA in Creative Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Arts from California Institute of Integral Studies. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. www.heidikraay.com.