Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Zayd Ayers Dohrn is an American playwright, screenwriter, and educator. He is the author of the plays "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young" and "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young," works that explore themes of identity, justice, and social upheaval with sharp, unflinching language. Dohrn is a professor at Northwestern University, where he teaches in the MFA Playwriting program. His writing for stage and screen has garnered critical attention for its raw energy and political depth. He is also the creator and host of the podcast *Mother Country Radicals*, which examines his family's complex and turbulent history with radical activism in America.