Hannah Ii-Epstein (she/her/hers) was born and raised on the North Shore of ʻOahu and received her MFA at Northwestern University. She is a creative writer, award winning dramatist, and Artistic Director of Nothing Without a Company. Hannah is a founding member of BearCat Productions, a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists, a 50th season writer at Kumu Kahua Theatre, and Tree Moss a professional collective for Hawaiʻi playwrights. Hannah is a 2021 recipient of 3Arts Make a Wave grant and About Face Theatre’s Playwright Artist Grant. In 2023, Hannah worked as a Co-Curator on "Chicago’s Legacy Hula” exhibit at The Field Museum (closing March 9, 2025) as well as a panelist and playwright at the first ever APIDA Arts Festival in Chicago, IL.

Playwrighting and Producing

Hawaiian Pidgin English
English

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