Talvin Wilks is a playwright, director, and dramaturg based in Minneapolis and New York City. Dramaturgy Credits include for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enough (2022 Broadway Revival), Dreaming Zenzile (New York Theatre Workshop/NBT), Between the World and Me (The Apollo), Scat!, Haint Blu, Walkin’ with ‘Trane, Hep Hep Sweet Sweet (Urban Bush Women), ink, Black Girl: Linguistic Play, Mr. TOL E. RanCE (Camille A. Brown and Dancers), and In a Rhythm, A History, Necessary Beauty, Landing-Place, Verge (Bebe Miller Company). He is an Associate Professor in the Theatre Arts and Dance Department, University of Minnesota/Twin Cities, a 2020 McKnight Theater Artist Fellow, and a 2022 McKnight Presidential Fellow.