CQ QUINTANA [pronouns: any] is a queer NB writer with Cuban blood and New Orleans roots based on Canarsee and Munsee Lenape land in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Across genres, CQ’s writing centers on human connection and proclaims, “you are not alone.” Most recently the Granum Foundation selected an excerpt from their novel-in-progress (FAREWELL, FANTA SE) for its 2024 Prize Longlist. Developed and produced nationwide, CQ’s plays include END OF PLAY (INTAR/NYSCA NewWorks Lab Commission), THE GENDERLESS PLAY EXPERIMENT (Carthage College New Play Initiative), BEASTGIRL with music by Janelle Lawrence (Kennedy Center), AZUL (Diversionary Theatre), SCISSORING (INTAR), EVENSONG (Astoria Performing Arts Center), ENTER YOUR SLEEP (Yale Cabaret), and more. Last year, Life Jacket Theatre Company selected CQ to develop a new verbatim play on trans joy (JOYFUL JOYFRIENDS) as the company’s inaugural Trans+ Playwriting Commission recipient and Audible named their audio play THE 126-YEAR-OLD ARTIST (available via Audible) one of the “8 Best Theater Listens of 2023.” CQ is the recipient of grants, fellowships, and residencies from The Outrage, NYSCA, Café Royal Cultural Foundation, MacDowell, Van Lier New Voices, Queer/Art, and Lambda Literary. Television writing credits include AMC’s ORPHAN BLACK: ECHOES, Fox’s ALERT: MISSING PERSONS UNIT (Season 2 and 3), and ABC’s THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY. GHOST TOUR, a new middle grade scripted podcast series, is now available wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. For more, visit www.cquintana.com or @cquintanatown