IDRIS GOODWIN is a playwright, spoken word performer and essayist recognized across mediums by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford and Mellon Foundation. His play How We Got On, developed at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center premiered at The 2012 Humana Festival of New Plays. How We Got On (Playscripts, 2013) is being remounted in theaters across the country and was nominated for a ATCA Steinberg New Play award. His play Blackademics, also nominated for a Steinberg award, was named best play of 2012 by the Chicago Tribune. He is currently developing new stage works with Berkeley Rep, Denver Center Theater, Steppenwolf, StageOne and New Harmony Project. Idris is a Core Writer with The Playwrights’ Center. These Are The Breaks (Write Bloody, 2011), his debut collection of essays and poetry, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He’s performed on HBO, The Discovery Channel, Sesame Street and National Public Radio. He teaches performance writing and Hip Hop aesthetics at Colorado College.

These Are the Breaks (Write Bloody Publishing, 2011)

Humana Festival 2012: the complete plays - How We Got On (Playscripts, Inc, 2013), A Storm Between Fingers: Malika's Kitchen (Flipped eye, 2007), Spoken Word Revolution Redux (Sourcebooks, 2007)

A View From the Loft, Ariel, Blood Lotus, Diagram, Lunarosity, MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine, Muzzle, Rattle, xcp: Cultural Poetics

Outpost Performance Space (2009), Wilmette Theater (2009), High Mayhem Emerging Arts Festival, Warehouse 21 - Sante Fe, NM (2008), Just Bust!, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2008), Non English Speaking Spoken Here: The Late Nite Series, Pillsbury House Theater - Minneapolis, MN (2008), Traffic Series, Steppenwolf Theater - Chicago, IL (2008), Washington Jefferson College - Washington, PA (2008), HBO Def Poetry, Season Six (2007), Millenium Park - Chicago, IL (2007), Lip Reading Series, Poetry Center - Chicago, IL (2006)