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Ilana Jael is a playwright, critic, and essayist who considers her love of theatre to be her defining passion. She has studied her craft at Sarah Lawrence College, where she earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction, which follows a BA in Writing and Psychology from Florida Atlantic University. Before her recent move to Baltimore, she served as lead critic and a frequent feature writer for the virtual publication South Florida Theater Magazine, a position she held since the site’s inception in May 2021. Her short plays and one-acts have been produced in-person and virtually throughout South Florida, and she has occasionally dabbled in acting as well. Currently, she also serves as the resident dramaturg and grant writer for New City Players, a Fort Lauderdale based company with a defining vision of creating community through transformative theatre.