bio: Bixby is a graduate of Columbia University’s MFA Playwriting Program under the guidance of Eduardo Machado. Productions: BLUEPRINT (dir. Jonathan Silverstein, NY: S.P.F. Summer Play Festival, Kirk Theatre), PN1923.45 LS01 Volume 2 [The Book Play] (dir. Stephen Brackett, NY: NY International Fringe Festival 2007), HOTEL ORACLE (dir. Stephen Brackett, NY: WalkerSpace), DREAMING OF CHEKHOV (dir. Pesha Rudnick, Ithaca: The Hangar Theatre), STREETS OF LAREDO (NY: Culture Project) I AM NOT PETER PAN (dir. Cary McLelland, NY: Cherry Lane Alternative & Scotland: Edinburgh Fringe Festival – “Best of Fest” Award), THREE ACROSS (NY: The Belt @ The Zipper), LOVE & LITERATURE (dir Dyana Kimball, NY: Schapiro Theatre/Columbia University), UNTITLED: THE MARK ROTHKO PROJECT (dir. Elkhanah Pulitzer, NY: Schapiro Theatre/Columbia University), TRUCK STOP LOVE (Chicago: Bailiwick Theatre Company), and LUCKY (Chicago: Brown Couch Theatre). Readings/Workshops: BLUEPRINT (NY: Nomad Theatre Company & NY: Epiphany Theatre Company), KICK ‘N GO (NY: Artists United @ Primary Stages & NY: Epiphany Theatre Company) and THE RECORD (NY: Columbia University), TREASURE ISLAND, FL (New Orleans: SouthernRep – selected for the New Southern Play Festival), REALITY! (a family musical) (Stamford Center for the Arts) Recognitions: Semi-Finalist for the Princess Grace Award, Finalist for the Juilliard Fellowship two years in a row, recipient of the Howard Stein Fellowship and a Dean’s Fellow at Columbia, winner of the Festival of Firsts Playwriting Competition, winner of The Bailiwick Theatre Collegiate New Play Competition, finalist for the 2003 Lark Theatre Company-Summer Reading Series, first runner up in the Three Genres Short Play competition, finalist BMI Lyricist Workshop. Bixby has studied writing with Kelly Stuart, Frank Pugliese, Anne Bogart, Teresa Rebeck, Christopher Shinn, Peter Parnell, John Augustine and James Lescene. Upcoming: Bixby is working on a pilot for a new television show called CELEBRITARY and finalizing work on his new play ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A FAGGOT as well as a new play inspired by the pop/rock group Milli Vanilli entitled GIRL YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE