Vera Starbard

Vera Starbard (born 1982) is an Alaska Native editor and playwright. She is a Tlingit/Denaʼina woman born in Craig, Alaska, graduating from East Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. In 2016, she was named Playwright-in-Residence at Perseverance Theatre in Douglas, Alaska. Her residency was renewed for Cohort 3: 2019–2022. She has written several episodes of the Molly of Denali animated children's program airing on PBS KIDS. She is the editor of First Alaskans magazine. Vera is currently a staff writer for Alaska Daily.

Recognition

 * Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award in 2009 and Alaska Literary Award
 * She received a New York Stage And Film NEXUS grant in 2021

Plays

 * Native Pride (and Prejudice)
 * Fog Woman
 * Our Voices Will Be Heard performed 2016; published 2017; radio adaptation broadcast 2018
 * Devilfish (2019)
 * A Tlingit Christmas Carol (2020)

Episodes
Molly of Denali aired on PBS Kids:
 * "New Nivagi"", aired August, 19 2019
 * "Turn on the Northern Lights", aired October 7, 2019
 * "Canoe Journey", aired May 29, 2020
 * "Eagle Tale", aired December 9, 2020

Alaska Daily aired on ABC:


 * "Most reckless thing I've ever done", aired March 30, 2023