Leila Buck is a Lebanese American playwright, actor, facilitator and educator who has performed and developed her work and others at/with the Public, NYTW, Culture Project, BRIC Arts, Brooklyn Museum, En Garde Arts, Cleveland Public, Cal Shakes, Mosaic Theater at Arena Stage, and the Wilma (Barrymore Award).  She has performed and taught theatrical tools for literacy, conflict resolution, and intercultural engagement to youth, educators, aid workers, UN delegates and others across the U.S., Europe, China, Australia and 11 Arab countries.  Her play 1001 Nights (A Retelling), commissioned by Cal Shakes and co-written with director Evren Odcikin, was selected for the 2020 Kilroys List. She is a TCG/Fox Fellow, a member of the Public’s inaugural Emerging Writers Group and the Lark’s Middle Eastern American writers group, a Usual Suspect with NYTW, and teaches Creation and Representation in U.S. Theater at NYU.  www.leilabuck.com.