Laura A. Brueckner currently serves as the literary manager and dramaturg for Marin Theatre Company, and as a resident artist at Crowded Fire Theater in San Francisco. She specializes in the unique journeys and big questions special to world premieres and commissions. She holds a Ph.D. in Theater and Drama (long story) from U.C. San Diego, and continues to perform, write, and direct for the stage and devise conceptual/theatrical oddments for nontraditional venues.