DOMINIQUE CIERI is a graduate of Goddard College where she received her MFA and is the recipient of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Individual Playwriting Fellowship 2003, 2009. Her plays have been produced in New Jersey, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Pitz & Joe, an award winning play, produced at GeVa Theatre, is currently under contract with Warner Brothers. Last Kiss, developed at Ensemble Studio Theatre, was a finalist for Reva Shiner Award; Count Down was produced at Puffin Cultural Forum and Bank Street Theatre with Off World Productions. Her most recent plays, Safe and The Baby Killer Play were part of Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey’s Forum Reading Series. The Baby Killer Play, semifinalist for MultiStages New Works Contest, was developed at Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey in the Emerging Women Playwrights Program, 2012. Her Essays on Arts and Education have been published in the New York Times, and Teaching Artist Journal.