Basil Kreimendahl is a resident at New Dramatists and a Mellon National Playwright in Residence at Rattlestick. He is a working-class, transgender artist, who’s work often explores the intersection of language, class, gender and sexuality. He has written for television, recently on Halo at Showtime, and has developed originals with FX and A24, and is currently developing an original with 219 animation and CBS Viacom. His plays have won several awards, and he has been commissioned by Yale Rep., Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions Program, and by Actors Theatre of Louisville. We’re Gonna Be Okay had its world premiere at the 2017 Humana Festival. Basil's play Orange Julius was developed at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and had its New York premiere at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, in a co-production with P73. Basil’s plays have also been produced or developed by New York Theatre Workshop, American Theater Company, Victory Gardens Theater, Ryder Farm, The Lark, La Jolla Playhouse, and Labyrinth Theater Company among others around the country. Basil has been a McKnight Fellow, Minneapolis Playwrights’ Center and a Jerome Fellow. Basil’s work has been published by Dramatic Publishing and HowlRound. He received his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa in 2013.