Brenden Dahl (he/they) is a 21-year-old playwright, comedian and teaching artist from Philadelphia, PA. He has worked with theatre companies and nonprofits in Philadelphia, New York, and the Midwest as a playwright, director, actor, teaching artist, social media/communications manager, and video editor. He attends Northwestern University as a Theatre Major in the Class of 2025 with a concentration in Playwriting. Outside of classes, Brenden currently performs with Titanic Players Improv and Mee-Ow Comedy. His produced plays include Ghost Play (Agnes Nixon Festival, Northwestern University), abSolution (Temple University, Theatre Exile), Pintop (Ball State University, Northwestern University), The Glennanike Colonists (Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2020), and Imaginary (Philadelphia Young Playwrights/Temple University). He has also taught improv, playwriting, and screenwriting at high schools, elementary schools, and summer camps for several years, including Germantown Friends School and Independent Lake Camp. Brenden is the recipient of the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award, a 2019 High School Senior Portfolio Award as well as multiple National Gold Medals through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, was a 2019 YoungArts National Merit Selection, and was the inaugural 2020 Playwright-in-Residence at Philadelphia Young Playwrights.

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