Evalena Lakin

Evalena Lakin (she/her) is a Chicago-based writer, an educator, and a bookworm. She has had the pleasure of working as a playwright with the Great Plains Theatre Commons, Prop Thtr, The Annoyance Theatre, Curious Theatre Branch, Strawdog Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, Dandelion Theatre, The Alliance for Jewish Theatre, and NoMads Art Collective. Her poems have been published by Sword & Kettle Press, and she has performed original stories with the live lit series You’re Being Ridiculous at various venues around Chicago, including Steppenwolf Theatre. Lakin is proud to be a teaching artist with Lifeline Theatre and the library assistant at the Poetry Foundation.