Brenden Dahl (he/they) is a 22-year-old writer, comedian and teaching artist from Philadelphia, PA currently based in Chicago, IL. He has experience working in professional and university settings as a playwright, director, actor, teaching artist, social media manager, dramaturg, 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 (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 classes 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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