You probably read part of this on my homepage, but here is more about me in the 'traditional' 3rd person bio format. 

Surrey Houlker (she/they) is a Queer, New Haven-based theater maker who explores the intricacies of the LGBTQIA+ experience through belonging, community, honesty, and humor. Surrey is also drawn to stories that examine grief, loss, and neurodiverse ways of connecting with others. She is also a big crier.

Surrey is a MFA Playwriting Candidate (2027) at Yale University’s David Geffen School of Drama. Her full-length plays include REST STOP (workshop: Yale University), FOR THE FISH (residency/reading: the cell theatre, Great Plains Theatre Commons - workshopped production: Moonbox Productions - reading: The Depot - finalist: Trustus Playwrights Festival, Seattle Public Theater Distillery Festival, Live Arts WATERWORKS Festival), and THE DEAD DADZ CLUB (reading: TC2 Theatre Company). Other short plays include HOUSE PLAY co-written with Gabriele Preston (performance: Fresh Ink Theatre), LINDA'S DONUTS, SEVEN MINUTES, and EVERYTHING MUST GO (performance: Emerson College). Additionally, Surrey was a finalist for Company One Theatre Volt Lab 2024.

Surrey believes wholeheartedly in the intersection of arts education, trauma-informed teaching, and advocacy. In her formal educational work, she has worked with American Repertory Theatre, ArtsEmerson, The Gamm Theatre, and as a teacher with Boston, MA  public schools, Tiverton, RI Public Schools, and Moses Brown School. She is passionate about giving young people, especially young Queer people, space and liberatory tools to start conversations about their personal and collective histories regardless of societal factors that may tell them otherwise.