Izzy Salant is a Los Angeles based playwright, actor, and magician who relocated from Maryland after he got tired of freezing to death and being allergic to going outside. He is a proud member of the Alliance of Jewish Theater, the Playwrights Center, and the Dramatists Guild. Selected works: Rite of Passage (Punctuate4, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater), Peace Talks (Bema Productions, Arena Civic Theater), Maryland is the F#CKING South (The Braid). Selected acting credits: Frank N Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show), Mr. Applegate (Damn Yankees), Hamlet (Hamlet). History and Training: Theater, B.A. (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Journalism, B.A. (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive (Class of 2019, 2021), NEXT at the Braid Fellow (2019, 2021), AJT TheaterMacher (2022-present).