Idris Goodwin is a playwright, rapper and essayist. His plays include How We Got On, This Is Modern Art, and Bars and Measures. He's had work produced and/or developed with Steppenwolf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor Program, The Lark and The Playwrights's Center. These Are The Breaks, his debut collection of essays was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Goodwin has appeared on HBO and Sesame Street.