Jarrett King (he/him) is an actor, playwright, and educator originally from Austin, Texas. His play A War of the Worlds—an afrofuturist reimagining of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast—was the inaugural production in Penfold Theatre Company’s new play commission series and received 12 B. Iden Payne Award nominations, including Best Original Script. Other works include The Possible, Box, and St. Miles, which was developed while a playwright-in-residence at the Goodman Theatre. He is a recipient of Definition Theatre’s Amplify New Play Commission, where his play Frog Splash is currently in development, and the 2023 recipient of Undermain Theatre’s Katherine Owens/Undermain Fund for New Work. In addition to playwriting, he is a two-time second rounder at the Austin Film Festival. As an actor, he has nearly two decades worth of credits performing in film, television, and professional theaters including Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Salvage Vanguard, Penfold Theatre, and the Mary Moody Northen Theatre. As an educator, he has worked as a Teaching Artist at Steppenwolf, Silk Road Rising, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Shakespeare Slam. He is the Director of Education at Court Theatre (2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award) and an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University.