EVAN JOHNSON is a San Francisco based theatre-maker, playwright and teaching artist. He is the writer/performer of Don’t Feel: The Death of Dahmer, PANSY and BARN OWL. Don’t Feel was created at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory in 2010 and was featured in the Bay Guardian’s year-end-review as one of the best new plays of the year; Don’t Feel returned for a limited 6-show run at Z SPACE in 2017 (Murmuration Festival of Solo Plays); PANSY has been seen in San Francisco (New Conservatory Theater Center, SAFEHouse for the Arts), Blue Lake, CA (Dell’Arte International), Portland, OR (Post5 Theatre) and New York City (United Solo Festival at Theatre Row). Evan has collaborated with Bay Area choreographers Jesse Hewitt (FREEDOM), Hope Mohr Dance (ridetherhythm), Liz Tenuto (The Two Legits, In the Velvet), and Deborah Slater Dance Theater (A Seat At The Table). Evan has taught freelance workshops in Physical Comedy, Ensemble-Devised Theatre, Beginning Drama, Improv, and Playwriting for over 15 years to students ages 5 to 95 throughout the Bay Area. In Fall 2023, Evan was named Director of Ruth’s Table, a unique art space in San Francisco’s Mission District (founded by Ruth Asawa) that is committed to bridging generations and supporting artists of all ages and abilities.