Todd Ristau, program director for the Playwright’s Lab, is a distinguished graduate of the Iowa Playwright’s Workshop. His work has been performed in theatres across the U.S. and England, including London’s West End. He founded No Shame Theatre and oversaw its evolution into a national network of venues for short performance pieces. He served for six years as coordinator of Mill Mountain Theatre’s second stage and oversaw all new works programming as literary associate. Todd was also the founding artistic director for Studio Roanoke, a storefront theatre space dedicated to new works development in downtown Roanoke.