Majkin Holmquist is a playwright originally from the Smoky Valley region in central Kansas where she was co-founder of The Next Stage Theatre Company.

In the spring of 2024, her play Stargazers will premiere Off-Broadway at the Connelly Theater directed by Colette Robert. Majkin is currently the 2024 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at Page 73 as well as a Lecturer in Playwriting at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

Her other plays include Tent Revival (Paula Vogel’s Bard at the Gate at the McCarter Theatre Center), two headed calf, Every Anne Frank, Quickmatch, Dog Pack Play, and Skinflint. Her work has been developed at New York Stage & Film, The Woodshed Collective, Roundabout Theatre Company, Bay Street Theatre, Ucross, Page 73, and The Mercury Store.

Majkin was the 2023 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow and received her MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama.