Connie Schindewolf, an award-winning playwright, lives in the Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida area.  She received a BSE from Truman State University and an MA from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. After teaching drama, including playwriting for 25 years in the St. Louis area, she moved to Bradenton where she has more time to write. She has written over 50 short plays and eight full-length. Many of her short plays have won 10-minute play festivals, and she’s proud of being included in Barrington Stage’s 10 by 10 with 5 Seconds in 2020.  She has had 15 plays produced by Theatre Odyssey in Sarasota and has won five of their awards, including Best Play twice.  She has been in The Sarasota Players Theatre New Play Festival six times, and Mammoth Bones won in 2016 and thus received a full production in 2017. In 2019 her full-length play, Take The Couch, was produced by Gulfport Community Players and was a box office success. It was also produced by Dramawerks in Plano, Texas in 2023.  Six venues in NYC have produced/developed or had readings of her work. She’s had productions across the United States, Canada, UK, Australia, and United Arab Emirates. She’s published by Next Stage Press, Applause Books, JAC Publishing, Nigel Publishing, Pioneer Drama Service, and Smith & Kraus.  She’s a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, and when she’s not writing, she’s saving sea turtles.