Molly Smith Metzler (she/her/hers) (Playwright, Cry It Out)  is a playwright and screenwriter from Kingston, N.Y. Artistic Credits:  She is the creator of the limited series Maid (Netflix), which was nominated for three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Writing of a Limited Series. Maid also won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Outstanding Writing of a Limited Series and received nominations from The Golden Globes, The Critics Choice Awards, The Humanitas Prize, and The American Film Institute (AFI) who named it a “TV Program of the Year.” Metzler’s other TV credits include Shameless (Showtime), Casual (Hulu) and Orange Is the New Black (Netflix). Selected Theatre Credits: As a playwright, Metzler’s plays—including Cry it Out, Elemeno Pea, The May Queen—have been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC), Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival, South Coast Repertory, Northlight Theatre, Studio Theatre (DC), Detroit Public Theatre, City Theatre (Pittsburg), Geva Theatre Center, Chautauqua Theater Company and many more. Awards: Her play Cry it Out won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Playwriting (2018) and the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citation (2018).Selected Training: Metzler is a proud alumna of NYU Tisch and The Juilliard School, where she was a two-time recipient of the Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center. Currently, Metzler is in post-production on her next limited series, Sirens, which will air on Netflix in 2025.