Through 2025, Calamity West will be developing her work at Primary Stages as a member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group. She is currently developing her newest play Sgt. Hank Cole's Drama Club of Algona in said residency. Additionally, West is working on her play FEAST! at The Lortel Theatre as an awardee of Alcove At The Lortel. Calamity is a Chicago-based, award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her plays have been presented by The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Roundabout, The Goodman, Jackalope Theatre, Steep Theatre, and Primary Stages – to name a few. Calamity teaches playwriting at the University of Chicago and literature at her alma mater of Webster University. She is a proud company member of Jackalope Theatre Company where she founded the Playwrights Lab in 2018. West is represented by CAA and managed by Curate. For more information, visit calamitywest.com.