Kirk Wood Bromley (born January 12, 1966) is a playwright and musician who lives in Brooklyn, NY, and southern Arizona. Frequently likened to a contemporary Shakespeare,[1] [2] he is one of the only living playwrights whose body of work is dedicated entirely to the creation of new verse plays. He and his company, Inverse Theater, which he co-founded with Chad Gracia (Director of The Russian Woodpecker) and of which he is the artistic director, have produced over 15 of his plays on stage and as audiobook,[3] won numerous awards, and been positively reviewed in various media outlets.[4] As a musician, he is the songwriter, lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for The Good Hard.[5]