Ayun Halliday is a performer, playwright, and improviser.. Her plays include NURSE, Fawnbook, Zamboni Godot and The Mermaid’s Legs, in addition to the hundreds of short plays she wrote as a member of the NeoFuturists in the ‘80s and ‘90s. She has appeared in a number of her husband Greg Kotis’ plays, including Ma in The End of All Flesh, Miriam in I Am Nobody, Mary in The Truth About Santa and Katherine in Jobey and Katherine, and Nina in Lunchtime. Ayun and Greg are the founders of Theater of the Apes, under whose auspices she hosts the book-based variety show Necromancers of the Public Domain and improvises bluegrass musicals with The Wayfaring Strangers. She is the Chief Primatologist – and sole employee – of the award winning, hand illustrated zine,’; font-kerning: none; color: #0000e3; -webkit-text-stroke: 0.253px #0000e3;"> The East Village Inky and author of nine books, including No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late and Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto.