Amy Yourd (she/they) is a playwright and theatre educator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they recently graduated with distinction from the Dramatic Writing MFA program at UNM. Yourd’s plays explore the possibilities of science fiction and other fantastical storyworlds in live performance while remaining grounded in the emotional lives of the characters that inhabit those worlds. Her academic interests include genre narratives, fandom, queerness, and the post-human. Yourd is also a solo performer, sound designer, director, dramaturg, and devised theatre artist.