Derek Davidson teaches playwriting and theatre history at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Davidson is also Artistic Director of In/Visible Theatre (a professional company in Boone, North Carolina), and is a playwright, director, and AEA actor. Before Appalachian State, he was an Associate Artistic Director for the Barter Theatre in Virginia and Coordinator for the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights. His solo pieces, Ox and Furrow, were part of Piccolo Spoleto and Asheville Fringe Festivals in 2018.