Don Wood (PCP Treasurer and Interim President) developed a strong interest in screenwriting later in life, which motivated him to join Port City Playwrights. He has completed two feature screenplays, 1979 and An American Tragedy, and has had numerous one-act plays produced by PCP. He is eager to learn from experienced professionals and believes a well-written screenplay is an under-appreciated art form. A longtime Wilmington resident, his is the owner of DGW Business Forms and Systems.

Beth Ann Bryant-Richards (PCP Vice President) was born in Germany, grew up in North Carolina, and called Chicago home for 35 years. She has performed at Chicago’s Blue Rider Theatre, Victory Gardens, the Greenhouse Theater, and appeared several times in Live Bait Theatre’s Fillet of Solo Festival (now produced by Lifeline Theater). She also wrote, directed, and performed with Chicago’s Tellin’ Tales Theatre, a company dedicated to shattering barriers for people with and without disabilities. Her poem, “Taking the Weight of Him,” was a finalist for the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize.

Kelly Daugherty (PCP Secretary). An alumnus of Florida State University, she had several majors, but eventually graduated well-rounded academically (ask her about astronomy) with a degree in Communications. She has spent her professional career making companies look good on paper. Although this is her first staged play, she considers herself a successful author having won a trip to Ireland with a poem about Guinness. She thanks the amazing, talented, and focused group that is PCPP for giving her both inspiration and an outlet for writing that has always been a passion.

Drina Connors Kay (PCP Board Member) likes a good comedy. “Our dysfunctional human world always needs a dose of humor, even dark humor!’ While at Humboldt State she discovered her love of theatre when her first one-act was produced. She went on to get an MFA in theatre from Virginia Commonwealth University then entered a 30-year career as a drama teacher and stage director; along the way she became a produced playwright. After retirement, screenwriting became Kay’s passion. Her scripts have been optioned, developed, or won contests including the prestigious Austin Film Festival. She was the director of Virginia Screenwriters’ Forum and taught screenwriting at University of Richmond. New to Wilmington, Kay looks forward to working with playwrights, screenwriters, and filmmakers.

Rose-Mary Harrington (PCP Board Member), a graduate of New College of Speech and Drama, England, received her M.A. in Theatre/Playwriting from the University of Arizona. Her plays have been performed all over the USA. She was the 2009 Oregon Literary Fellow in Drama and won the 2014 New American Playwrights Project at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. In 2018 her play Detained was given a full equity production and three-week run in New York by Up Theatre. Rose-Mary is a life member of the Dramatists Guild of America and an Associate of the Drama Board of Great Britain.

Alain Norman (PCP Board Member) thanks PCPP for helping him try a new form of writing: scripts. “What Virginia Dares,” his second staged work, appeared in Ten-Minute Miscellany in May 2023, following “Perseverance” in 2022. He also likes being on stage (since his 3rd grade’s musical version of “Charlotte’s Web”) and has emceed student varietyshows and, later, performed with the Little Theater Group of Costa Rica, and the Silver Spring Stage (in MD).

Kim Adams (bio coming).

Rich Clark is a playwright, musician, and storyteller whose work explores themes of identity, exile, and transformation. Rooted in his deep Celtic heritage, his storytelling draws from the myths, music, and traditions of his ancestors, weaving allegory and lyricism into his plays. With a background in music production and an MFA in Creative Writing, he blends narrative depth with a bardic sensibility, using the arts as a means of healing and connection. When not writing, he composes music, crafts stories of lost children finding their way home, and cultivates community through storytelling and song.

Lee Ewing has published short fiction in the Washingtonian, Habersham Review, Briarcliff Literary Review and elsewhere. He is the author of a one-act play, “Tobin’s Obit,” and two novels. He studied writing at Georgetown University, where he gained a B.A. in English and an Army ROTC commission. His nonfiction work has appeared in The Nation, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, and other periodicals. He was the top editor of newspapers in the Washington, D.C. area, Tokyo, and Athens. Now retired, he lives in Winnabow, NC, with his wife Dottie and writes plays, novels, and short stories.

Donna Bunting Flake is a retired librarian and author who has lived in Wilmington with her husband for 32 years. She published The Haunted Life of Lura in 2023 and served on the Board of Thalian Association for many years. She has an undergraduate degree in English education, a masters degree in Library Science, and a second masters degree in Political Science. Donna has been active in international librarianship for many years and currently leads a partnership between librarians in NC and librarians in the Eastern European country of Moldova, where she has visited ten times. A Christian who attends All Saints Anglican Church, she is also a member of the Wilmington East Rotary and enjoys creating stained glass art. Donna loves animals and has a black cat named Rosie.

Madisyn Fleming (bio coming).

Brynn Hambley (she/they) is a queer and disabled playwright, theater artist, administrator, and educator with an MFA in Theatre (Playwriting/Devising) from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has been performed in partnership with multiple theaters in NYC such as The Tank, The Brick, NYC Summerfest, Loud Colorful Filth, and more, as well as abroad in Russia. She has received accolades for her work including: Finalist for ThinkTank Playfest 2024 (The Eleventh Star); Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference 2024 (PIETA); Finalist for Experimental Heals with Experimental B*tch NYC 2023 (Antidotal); Featured Artist with Theatre Viscera (The Eleventh Star), and more. Brynn is the Director of Community Engagement for First Kiss Theatre, and a proud Dramatists Guild member. http://www.brynnhambley.weebly.com

Walt Johnson is an author, screenplay and playscript writer, performer, musician, singer, songwriter, poet.

Todd Larson is new to the Wilmington, North Carolina area and is excited to be a new member of the Port City Playwrights community. A longtime movie buff, he is longing to
learn the intricate details of playwriting.

Skip Maloney has been writing constantly since the 6th grade. He first stepped on a stage as a high school senior and hasn’t been the same since. Skip holds a BA in Communications from Bridgewater State College and has worked as a theatre reviewer and reporter in Massachusetts and New York, while honing his craft as an actor, director, and producer. He has a daughter, Sarah, with his first wife, Linda, and extensive experience in community theatre. In 2007 he moved to Wilmington and has been active in the local theater scene since then. He wrote, produced, and directed his play Billy & The Pope at TheaterNow in 2017. He currently writes full-time for the AZBilliards website and resides in Myrtle Grove with his second wife of 27 years, Cathy, and their 16-year-old Yorkshire terrier, Fiona.

Marie Marrinan was born and raised in The Bronx, NY. A retired Nurse Practitioner, Marie moved to NC in 2015, where she became fascinated by Wilmington’s vibrant theater community. Marie’s first Wilmington stage experience was as a crew member at Theater Now. She has worked as a stage manager, cast member, and prop maker in several local productions. Marie is a Board Member and assistant stage manager for MOB Theatre Company. Her first short play “My Past and Future Self” was performed in MOB’s Out of Silence at Kenan Auditorium in 2023. Marie is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in Creative Writing at UNCW and lives in Leland, NC with her husband Kevin, and their companion canine B-Ella.

A native New Yorker and retired Postmaster, Patrick Raynor has resided in the Wilmington area for over thirty years. He has been active in Snead’s Ferry Community Theatre since 2013, having appeared in more than a dozen plays. He also had a role in the Thalian Association’s production of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. Active in PCPP since 2014, he has had four one-act plays staged as script-in-hand productions. He has written two screenplays and continues to write when inspired by the voices of the angels.

Susan M. Steadman (Founder and President Emeritus), a longtime Dramatists Guild member, has written 20 produced and/or published plays. Most recently, her work has taken stage at the Academy Theatre (Atlanta); the Eden Prairie Players (MN); Buffalo State College (NY); and NC 10 x 10 (Cary). The Cinderella Chronicles (YouthPLAYS), a feminist tale, has been performed in six countries. Other publications include the critically lauded Dramatic Re-Visions, and contributions to numerous books and periodicals. The director of over 70 productions, she holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from Louisiana State University.

Richard M. Trask, Ph.D. (Illinois), Emeritus Professor, Maryland University System.  Three books:  Beowulf and Judith: Two Heroes, The Complete Writer’s Guide:  Questions of Language, A Telling Experience (short stories); two short plays:  “Don’t Try This at Home,” “The Real Judith”; a screenplay, “Cosmosis of Worlds,” Gold Prize Winner, 2019 Hollywood Screenplay Contest, science fiction.  Local community actor and singer (“Oliver,” “Annie,” “Pirates of Penzance”); singer, Southeastern Oratorio Society (Whiteville), Carolina Master Chorale (Myrtle Beach). Visit him at https://richardmtrask.com.