Debra A. Cole is a playwright from Lawrence, Kansas. Her plays have been seen by audiences around the world. Debra was a selected playwright for the William Inge Theatre Festival – New Play Lab 2023 and is thrilled to be back for 2025. Debra’s 20-play collection titled “The Wrinkle Ranch and Other Short Plays About Growing Old” is available through Next Stage Press, as well as additional plays with Drama Notebook, Off The Walls Plays, and Heuer Publishing. Debra is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, a member of Honor Roll!, and a 2023-24 and 2024-25 Kansas City Public Theatre’s Playwright’s Roundtable cohort. She is the co-creator of Suitcase Stories a program where young writers are inspired to create.