Will Johnson is a playwright and journalist based in New York City. His essays and articles have been published in The New York Times, Jacobin, Labor Notes, and the Thomson Gale Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Recent theatrical works include: Hephaestus (Rough Draft 2020); The Followers (Winner, 2018 Dr. R.J Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights Award); Age of Extinction (Verso Loft, Brooklyn); The Virgin Forest (Reading, Core Artist Ensemble Podcast Plays); Blue Balls (2016 LaBute New Theater Festival, St. Louis Actors' Studio); This Is Not a Story (Reading, Core Artist Ensemble); Ice Cream Man (Winner, Audience Favorite, 2015 Unchained Festival).