Kayla is a nationally-produced playwright and co-founder of Aethem Theatre Company. Favorite roles include Margaret Leavitt (Silent Sky, Lyric Arts), The Chaperone (Drowsy Chaperone, MVCT), Actress #1 (Baskerville, Lakeshore Players) and Charlotte Hay (Moon Over Buffalo, Theatre 301). Kayla recently completed her MFA in Creative Writing at Augsburg University, and works as the Senior Instructional Designer for a medical software company in downtown Minneapolis.