Edith Weiss holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Millersville University in Pennsylvania and a master's degree in educational theatre from New York University, which included one semester of study in Bretton Hall College in England. An actor, director and stand-up comic, Weiss brings all the skills of these crafts to playwriting. Author of more than 20 youth and family theatre plays, she is published with Anchorage Press, Brooklyn Publishers, Eldridge Publishing, Pioneer Drama Service and Smith & Kraus. Her adult plays have been produced in theatres and competitions in Boston, Kansas City, Chicago, Lancaster, Pa., Albuquerque and Denver.