Monica Long Rosss short films The Story of My Life Memory Dinner have been screened both nationally and internationally and her published theatrical plays Clarissas Closet Montana Molly and the Peppermint Kid have been produced around the country She was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin received an MFA in film from Northwestern University is an associate director of The Arizona Womens Theatre Company in Scottsdale Arizona and lives and works in Chicago Along with her work with 137 Films she teaches at Columbia College Chicago