PATRICIA KRAHNKE
Plays include Humid, Asylum, Robbi at The Confluence and Merry Christmas, Beauregard!—a musical currently in development. Her work has received readings in New York, London, Chicago, San Francisco, and Bloomington, Indiana. Her plays have been developed at Chicago Dramatists, Telling Humans Playwright Studio, Goddard College, and the Jerwood Center UK. Humid was a finalist for the Hinton Battle National Multicultural New Play Competition, placing in the top eight out of 3,000 submissions, and received readings in both New York and London. She served on the Board of Directors of Chicago Dramatists, is a Founding Member of Telling Humans Playwright Studio—which spans Chicago, Atlanta, New Jersey, Indiana, and Wisconsin—and is a Chicago Dramatists Masterclass & Network Member. She is also a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Playwrights Center. She also read and recommended plays for potential production for director Hal Scott at Crossroads Theatre and for George Street Playhouse in New Jersey. As a producer, Krahnke produced the Telling Humans new-play reading series in Chicago in 2023 and 2024. Currently her projects include ConvergenceFest: A New-Play Reading Festival, scheduled for Chicago in Fall 2027, featuring works that explore the spaces between cultures, beliefs, and political identities. Krahnke is a member of Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) in New York, and has completed the TRU Producer Development & Mentorship Program (PDMP).