Darrel Alejandro Holnes (he/they) is an Afro-Panamanian American writer, director, and producer. Holnes is the author of Stepmotherland, winner of the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize and the International Latino Book Award in Poetry, and Migrant Psalms, winner of the Drinking Gourd Poetry Prize. His plays have received productions or readings at numerous venues, including the Kennedy Center for the Arts American College Theater Festival, The Brick Theater, Kitchen Theater Company, Pregones Theater/PRTT, Primary Stages, and others. His play Black Feminist Video Game was produced by The Civilians for 59E59 Theaters, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Center Theater Group, and more, winning an inaugural Anthem Award from The Webbys. Bayano had a workshop production at the National Black Theater and will have its world premiere at True Colors Theater in Atlanta. His play Bird of Prey was recorded for the Parsnip Ship podcast at JACK. Starry Night was a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference and the Princess Grace Award in Playwriting.