Doris Baizley (playwright) was born in Portland Maine, raised in Philadelphia, and lives in Los Angeles where she teaches at Loyola Marymount University. She is a founding member of LA Theaterworks (originally Artists in Prison). She was resident playwright at the Mark Taper Forum’s company for young audiences and dramaturg for its Other Voices Program for theater artists with disabilities. Her plays have been developed and produced at the Mark Taper Forum, ACT Seattle, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, History Theater, The Salt Lake Acting Company and internationally at the Semafor Theater in Prague and the Icon Theater in Taipei. Her most recent work is community-based theater and documentary story editing.