MATTHEW SPANGLER (Playwright). The Kite Runner (Broadway, West End), The Beekeeper of Aleppo from Christy Lefteri’s novel (U.K. tour), Albatross (Off-Broadway), Cowboys and East Indians (Colorado New Play Summit), Tortilla Curtain from T.C. Boyle’s novel (San Diego Rep), Striking Back from Mary Manning and Sinéad O’Brien’s book (Dublin Theatre Festival), The Story of Zahra from Hanan al-Shaykh’s novel (Carthage Theatre Festival Tunisia), The Forgotten Empress (Z-Space San Francisco). Co-writers include Nesrin Alrefaai, Farshad Farahat, Nina McConigley, Benjamin Evett, Raeda Ghazaleh, Kellie Hughes and Farah Yasmeen Shaikh. Matthew is professor of performance studies at San José State University and writer-in-residence at the Hinterland Festival in Ireland.