Lukas is a dramaturg/director based in Minneapolis, MN, where he serves as Associate Artistic Director for Shakespearean Youth Theatre. His dramaturgy has been seen onstage at American Players Theatre, the Iowa New Play Festival, the Den Theatre, Next Theatre, Raven Theatre, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Writers Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Northlight Theatre, Mercury Players, and Broom Street Theater. He has a BFA in Acting, with a Minor in Stage Combat, from Columbia College Chicago; and an MFA in Dramaturgy from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop, where he was an Iowa Arts Fellow.