Bethany Dickens Assaf is a freelance playwright and the co-founder of Whiskey Theatre Factory, a theatre collective based in Orlando, Florida. Almost 100 of her plays have been performed across the country including her twisty sci-fi play, The Consciousness, which was performed at 10 fringe festivals and won “Best Play” at the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival. Her most recent play, The Vast of Darkness, won the Critics’ Choice for “Best Play – Drama” at the 2023 Orlando International Fringe Festival.