Marisa D. Hebert (She, Her) Is an Actor, Director, and Playwright located in Colorado Springs, where she lives with her wife and rescue dogs. As an actor, Marisa works with THEATREWORKS, The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and numerous other local and regional Theatres. Directorially, Marisa has worked at THEATREWORKS, The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Smokebrush Theatre, Vintage Theater, and The Millibo Arts Theatre. As a playwright, Marisa wrote Just Keep Breathing, and Love in the Hate State for the Of Spacious Skies radio series. Her first full-length play Pieces of Him won the FAC’s 2013 Rough Writers New Play festival, and selections from her lyrical autobiographical play High Yellow have been performed at UCCS and The Millibo Arts Theatre. “We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It’s not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves.” Assata Shakur