Wysteria Edwards is a playwright and educator from Washington State. She holds a BA in Elementary Education (K–8) and Drama (4–12) from Whitworth College and an Ed.M in Reading and Literacy from Washington State University. After more than twenty-five years in theatre she debuted as a playwright with Broken Thread in Chicago where she served as Resident Playwright and Literary Manager for UrbanTheater Company. She has adapted works for the stage with HarperCollins Publishing, Simon & Schuster and Penguin, including The Disappeared, Belle Prater’s Boy, Dovey Coe and the catalog of Don Freeman picture books. The Disappeared received an Off-Broadway reading and a full workshop at Noah Wyle’s The Blank Theater in Los Angeles. Wysteria is also the author of Waiting for Mister Rogers: Teaching with Attachment, Attunement and Intention, for which she was granted access to the personal papers of Fred Rogers and the founder of Simple & Deep™ and Red Cardigan Kids™.
