Sean Dunnington (he/him) is a queer playwright and civic artist living between New York and Honolulu. Raised in a rural Paniolo town on Hawai’i Island, Sean taught himself how to belong by writing his own stories. His hybrid plays have been produced and presented Off-Broadway, in regional theatres across the country, local libraries and galleries, state museums, old attics, public radio stations, film festivals, and LGBTQIA+ centers. He’s been in residence with the East-West Center, Waiwai Collective, and the University of Hawai’i Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center. He’s been a fellow with the Magic Theatre, Creative Labs Hawai’i, the California Arts Council, the National Collaborative for Health Equity, and the Culture of Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing. Sean has led/facilitated over 100 free writing workshops and story circles for non-profits, public schools, and community centers across Hawai’i. He founded The Worms, a queer immersive theatre collective, and Tree Moss, the first-ever collective for emerging and established playwrights in Hawai’i. He received his BA in Applied Playwriting from the University of Redlands’ Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. He is pursuing his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.