Linsay Firman (EST Director of Play Development and EST/Sloan Project Director) - Recent directing work includes the world premiere of Have You Met Jane Goodall and Her Mother? at EST and What The Constitution Means to Me at Cleveland Play House. Other EST directing projects include the world premiere of plays by Lucas Hnath and Anna Ziegler, as well as EST Marathon plays by Kate Attwell, Rachel Bonds, Garrett M. Brown, Darcy Fowler, Jose Rivera and Lloyd Suh. Linsay has also directed at The Hangar Theatre, Ma-Yi Theatre, Chester Theatre, Theatre Row and chashama. Linsay began working in new play development as the Associate Director of Soho Rep, where she was a founder and chair of Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab. Alumna of the Women's Project Director's Lab, the New Dramatists’s Resident Director Program and multiple programs at the Lark. M.F.A. from CalArts.