Ramón Esquivel is a playwright, director, dramaturg, and educator. His plays have been produced in theatres, universities, and schools across North America. The Thrown Stone new play commission will continue his storytelling about humans engaging with science, spirituality, and the environment. Other works of this ilk include Watching for Sasquatch: An Environmental Play of Plays, commissioned by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; ¡O Cascadia!, featured at the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference; and The Dress with the Crooked Collar, developed at the New Harmony Playwrights Conference. Ramón also writes plays for young audiences, such as Fallenstar: The Watchoverers, commissioned and produced at New Native Theatre in the Twin Cities; ZEQ, a play with music for and about queer youth exploring love, friendship, and fame; and The Shahrazad Society, winner of the Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award, New England Theatre Conference. Published plays include Dulce, The Girl Who Talks to Spiders, The Hero Twins: Blood Race, Nasty, Nocturnal, and Luna, which was recently produced at ZACH Theatre in Austin. Ramón has taught playwriting and theatre education at Central Washington University, creative writing at the University of British Columbia, and middle school Humanities and Drama in Washington DC, Brooklyn, and Seattle. He has an MFA Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, MA Educational Theatre from New York University, and BA History from Yale University. Ramón is currently Assistant Professor of Theatre, Playwriting at Cal Poly.