Monica Long Ross’s short films (The Story of My Life, Memory, Dinner) have been screened both nationally and internationally, and her published theatrical plays (Clarissa’s Closet, Montana Molly and the Peppermint Kid) have been produced around the country. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received an MFA in film from Northwestern University, is an associate director of The Arizona Women’s Theatre Company in Scottsdale, Arizona, and lives and works in Chicago. Along with her work with 137 Films, she teaches at Columbia College, Chicago.