Myah L. Gary (Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a playwright-health educator. She holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in Health Education and Theater from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her plays focus on creating a dialog around health and social issues. Myah is the author of the full length plays, Feminine Energy, Blemished Brown Beauties,The Woman Who and Penetrate. In 2018, she wrote, directed and produced the full-length children’s musical Kendall Saves the Day as part of The Creative Academic Performing Arts Academy (T.C.A.P.A.A) program that she founded. In June 2019, her piece Blood Memory was performed at a Valiant Theater summit (Chicago, IL). In August of 2019 her play, Blemished Brown Beauties was performed as a staged reading at The Playwright’s Center in Minneapolis, MN. Most recently, her play Feminine Energy was produced by Mustard Seed Theatre at Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. Feminine Energy was commissioned by the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival Confluence Writers Project and was developed during Myah's time in the 2020 cohort. Myah’s love for writing and performance began when she was eight years old. A classically trained vocalist, she sang in several traveling jazz and musical theatre choirs. In 2005, she participated in the Carbondale Community Arts (CCA) / McLeod Summer Playhouse program. For nearly ten years, Myah participated in SLAM Poetry competitions. In 2012, Myah began writing one-woman shows. She performed her shows in college courses and in women’s centers. She also began touring her one-woman shows with a non-profit. Her shows were toured in Illinois and Texas. Along with being a playwright and (occasional) performer, Myah freelances as a dramaturg. Myah has had the opportunity to dramaturg for Kaleidoscope Crown (Written by Ashley Akilah Rucker), Action by Colin McLaughlin, and Overlooked Giants: A Parable of Queer Women of Color in the Arts by Ahsa-Ti Nu.