Hannah Ii-Epstein (she/her/hers) was born and raised on the North Shore of ‘Oahu and received her MFA at Northwestern University. She is a creative writer, dramatist, and Artistic Director of Nothing Without a Company. Hannah is a founding member of BearCat Productions, a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists, a 50th season writer at Kumu Kahua Theatre, a board member at Aloha Center Chicago, and a member of the Ke Ali`i Victoria Ka`iulani Hawaiian Civic Club, Ke Kula Kupaa O Ka Pakipika hālau, and Tree Moss a professional collective for Hawai'i playwrights. Hannah is a past recipient of 3Arts Make a Wave grant and About Face Theatre’s Playwright Artist Grant. In 2023, Hannah worked as a Co-Curator on "Chicago’s Legacy Hula” exhibit at The Field Museum (closing March 9, 2025) as well as a panelist and playwright at the first ever APIDA Arts Festival in Chicago, IL.