Chad Gracia
Chad Gracia is a theater producer, dramaturge, and consultant specializing in the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has edited six verse plays and writes extensively on theater. For Gilgamesh: A Verse Play, Gracia teamed up with esteemed poet Yusef Komunyakaa. Gracia's long fascination with the 4000-year-old Epic of Gilgamesh and its honest treatment of human nature and human fears led to his desire to bring the epic to the stage.