Grise, a cultural worker, writer, performer, and teacher, has had her work produced at venues such as the Jose Marti Catedra in Havana and the Univesity of Butare in Rwanda. Her published writing includes The Panza Monologues and Conversations with Don Durito, an edited volume of Zapatista communiqués.

In addition to selecting blu as the winning script, Hare has chosen Siona MacDuff by Mary Hamilton and Nineteen Kinds of Peril by Tom Lavignino as runners-up.