Joyce Van Dyke is a playwright and a lecturer at Harvard Extension. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, a B.A. from Stanford, and an M.A. in playwriting from Boston University. She has published articles in academic journals on Shakespeare and other topics, and is a recipient of the Harvard Extension School's Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Prize. A MacDowell Fellow and Huntington Playwriting Fellow, Van Dykes other awards include Boston's Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script and the John Gassner Playwriting Award.
At MacDowell, she began drafting a new play.
