Zachary Desmond is an actor and playwright from Washington State. Recent credits include developmental readings of Degenerates by Else Went at The Public, Ars Nova, and NYTW, the world premiere of Hooded at 59E59, and the New York premiers of Anthony Clarvoe's The Brothers Karamazov and Aliza Jane Cosgrove’s There Are No Diving Pools in Hell. He is a member of the acting ensemble at the Mercury Store in Gowanus, a Resident Playwright with No.11 Productions, and a semi-finalist for the O’Neill National Playwriting Conference for his play TENT CITY, a commission from Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company. MFA Juilliard.