Paula Cizmar is an award-winning playwright/librettist whose work often takes a poetic approach to human rights and environmental justice issues.  Among her full-length eco-plays are The Chisera, Anonymous Me, and Water Rites. With Michael Bodie she produced Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.  Other works include Antigone X (NoPassport Press), The Last Nights of Scheherazade (Israel Baran Award); and Firecrakers (composer Guang Yang), which premiered at White Snake Opera in Boston. She is based in the U.S.