A.D. Penedo is a lyricist, librettist, and playwright whose works have been performed in New York and in theaters across the country. Musicals: Who’s Your Baghdaddy, Or How I Started the Iraq War (Off-Broadway 2017, 2015; The New York Times Critic’s Pick); Loch Ness (Adirondack Theatre Festival, Chance Theater; Best Musical, “OC Weekly”; Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival 2019); The Chocolate Tree (Stages Rep, Houston; ACE Theater, Eugene); Where It’s At (Yale; FringeNYC; Dillons, New York). Plays include: The Three Times She Knocked (Best Playwriting, FringeNYC); Thursday (Yale); Dance of the Fireflies (Payan Theater, New York; Yale). www.adpenedo.com