Brittany Brewer (she/fae) is a queer & chronically ill poet, [theatre] artist, and educator who researches and writes plays and poems whose aesthetics sing of sticky, midwestern basements, of stumbling queerness, of female friendships and sexuality and bodies, and of the magical possibilities that exist in the in-between. She is an alumna of Indiana University, Brown University, and the Arden Professional Apprenticeship program. Currently, fae is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education at Michigan State University where her research focuses on the intersections of poetry and playwriting, arts as research, embodiment, young adult narratives, queer theory, and arts-based feedback practices. Her scholarly writing appears or is forthcoming in the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, English Journal, The Reading Teacher, The Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, and Intraspection among others. Before MSU, Brittany worked as the Associate Director of Education at Philadelphia Young Playwrights where, among other things, fae facilitated over 315 classroom workshops and created/facilitated professional development workshops for classroom teachers, teaching artists, and classroom actors. As a playwright, Brittany's work has been produced by Revolution Shakespeare, Going Viral Festival, Elephant Room Productions, and Allens Lane Art Center. Faer poetry has appeared in Rougarou, Months to Years, and Hole in the Head Review, among others. Most recently, she was awarded a Workshop Fellowship to attend the Key West Literary Seminar Writers' Workshop in early 2024. For more: www.brittanybrewer.com
