Kimberly Belflower is a Tony-nominated playwright and educator originally from a small town in Appalachian Georgia. Belflower has worked with South Coast Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club, Alliance Theatre, Ojai Playwrights Conference, among others. She was a narrative lead at Meow Wolf, where she wrote Marin’s Dreams, a short film with original music by Beach House. She holds an M.F.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and teaches playwriting at Emory University in Atlanta.
Her plays include John Proctor is the Villain (2025 Broadway, 2024 Huntington Theatre, 2022 Studio Theatre, 2019 Kilroys List, published by Broadway Licensing, Farm Theatre College Collaboration Project); Lost Girl (2018 Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Kennedy Center Darrell Ayers National Playwriting Award, published by Concord Theatricals); and Saint Pigtail (commissioned and developed by Studio Theatre, 2023 O’Neill Finalist).