Our keynote speaker and featured presenter at the October CVTLab is the amazing Idris Goodwin. 

Idris is an award-winning writer of stage, audio, screen and page, and Associate Professor of Dramatic Writing at Arizona State University, Idris Goodwin. As a playwright, his vast library of nearly 100 titles have been widely produced and published, including his Hip Hop inspired breakbeat series, historical dramas, and works for young audiences. Goodwin has appeared on or created content for HBO Def Poetry, Sesame Street, NPR, BBC Radio, Nickelodeon and the Discovery Channel. He is also a 2021 United States Artist Fellow, recognized as one of the most compelling artists living and working in the country, and The New York Times has hailed his work as “incisive and moving.”

Everyone who attends the CVTLab will receive a copy of Idris' 2025 acclaimed novel-in-verse, King of the Neuro Verse (Simon & Schuster / Atheneum)!