Susan Yassky (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and dramaturg. Her work has been developed by the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Previously, she was the Literary Associate for The Civilians, and a Dramaturgy and Literary Management Apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she worked as an assistant dramaturg on three productions in the 2019 Humana Festival of New American Plays. She received her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2022, where she was awarded the Chair’s Award for Excellence in Dramatic Writing. She received her BA in Theater Studies and Humanities from Yale College.