August Hakvaag ('19) is a queer theatre artist currently based in Philadelphia, PA. They received a BA in Theatre, Concentration in Acting, and a minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies from Temple University. They were a Princess Grace Fellowship Award semi-finalist, a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nominee, and is a proud member of the Ring of Keys Collective. They have worked internationally as an actor, director, and playwright. Highlights include working with 24 Hour Plays, Gamiotics, Richmond Triangle Players, Theatre Exile, Tokyo International Players, and Aporia Artists Collective, of which they are a founding member. Their play As I Was, Not As I Am recently had it's Off-Broadway debut with Moxie Arts NY/WP Theater. They currently play Ninochka on the award-winning podcast Wing Women, and are a PlayPenn Foundry member, class of 2026.