They/Them
August Hakvaag
Playwright, Foundry Member, Foundry Class of 2026
August Hakvaag (they/them) is an award-winning butch theatre artist originally from rural Pennsylvania, and currently based in Philadelphia, PA.
Their full-length plays include As I Was, Not As I Am (Princess Grace Award semi-finalist, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nominee), Acute Exposure (2025-26 EMOS Ecodrama Award Winner, So.Queer New Playwrights Festival Honorable Mention), But Not Uncle Vanya, and The Superconductor (Cannonball Festival Text and Dramaturgy Cohort Winner, Benzwie Playwriting Award nominee). Highlights include working with Moxie Arts NY, 90 mil/The Palace Collective, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, The Twenty Sided Tavern, Richmond Triangle Players, The Queens Theater, Impulse Control Freaks, Theatre Exile, Tokyo International Players, The Foundry at PlayPenn, and Aporia Artists Collective, of which they are a founding member.
Committed to grassroots connections and community building, their work focuses on queerness, class, and environmentalism. They have worked internationally as an actor, director, and playwright. They've performed regionally and off-Broadway, and can be heard on the TTRPG podcast Wing Women, which won Best Ensemble Cast in the 2023 Rainbow Rally. Most recently, their play Acute Exposure had its World Premiere with The Lemonade Stand during the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, before headlining the EMOS Ecodrama Festival at Ohio State University in March of 2026.