<p><strong style="color: #990000;">Kelley Nicole Girod</strong> is a 2008 graduate of Columbia's MFA playwriting program where she was named the Stein and Liberace scholar as well as the John Golden fellow for her artistic merit. Kelley hails from Louisiana where she attended Louisiana State University and works extensively with the artistic community of Baton Rouge, most recently serving as a panel judge for Louisiana's artist in residency program. She has had plays produced in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, and Columbus, Ohio and has had readings at Primary Stages, the Labyrinth Studio, and Horse Trade Theater where she founded and has served as Executive Producer of The Fire This Time Festival which is going into it's fourth year of programming (www.firethistimefestival.com). She was awarded "Person of the Year 2011" by <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytheatre.com" target="_blank"><strong style="color: #990000;">nytheatre.com</strong></a> for her work on The Fire This Time. Other producing credits include "Trayvon Martin:A Call to Action"(Horse Trade Theatre 2012) and "Honoring Excellence in Theatre: An Evening with Woodie King Jr."(NYC 2012). <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="mailto:kelleyngirod@gmail.com"><strong style="color: #990000;">kelleyngirod@gmail.com</strong></a> </p>