C.A. Johnson
Playwright
C.A. Johnson is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from Metairie, Louisiana. Her plays include ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS (MCC Theater), THIRST (2017 Kilroys List, CATF), THE CLIMB (Cherry Lane Mentor Project), AN AMERICAN FEAST (NYU Playwrights Horizons Theater School), and I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW. Most recently she was the Tow Playwright in Residence at MCC Theater. She was previously the 2018 P73 Playwriting Fellow, The Lark's 2016-17 Van Lier Fellow, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a member of The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm, A Core Writer at The Playwrights Center, a member of The Civilians R&D Group, , a Sundance/Ucross Fellow and a 2018 Sundance Theatre Lab Fellow. Her work has been developed with The Lark, PlayPenn, Luna Stage, Open Bar Theatricals, The Dennis and Victoria Ross Foundation, and The Fire This Time Festival. BA: Smith College MFA: NYU. cajohnson.info

Kate Sullivan
Director
Kate Sullivan is a Los Angeles-based director of theatre, tv and film. Most recently, Kate conceived and directed the rock musical NINETEEN utilizing music by Grammy-nominated band TEGAN & SARA (American Conservatory Theater's New Strands Festival). Kate's other directing credits include the Los Angeles premiere of SPRING AWAKENING (seven Ovation nominations including best musical and best direction), a production of RENT in an abandoned warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, a rock concert version of the musical LIZZIE by Tim Maner, Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, and Alan Stevens Hewitt and SAD GIRL by Alexandra Addison (New York Stage and Film). Kate has assisted directors Michael Greif, Michael Mayer and most recently, Thomas Kail on Fox's GREASE LIVE! Kate was the recipient of the 2014 Dasha Epstein Directing Fellowship Award at New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College. She has developed work with IAMA Theater Company, SPACE at Ryder Farm, The Colorado New Play Festival, Rogue Machine and The Geffen. For more information, please visit Over the Moon Productions.

Antoinette Crowe-Legacy*
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Antoinette Crowe-Legacy graduated in 2018 from the Yale School of Drama. She currently resides in New York City where she has played in “If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be A Muhfucka” by Tori Sampson and “BLKS” by Aziza Barnes. You can catch her in the film “Passing” and she is currently starring in the television show “Godfather of Harlem” on Epix.

Rhianna DeVries
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Rhianna DeVries is a multi-industry creator, with passions in acting, stand-up comedy, producing, and directing. Theatre credits include The Whiskey Tasting with The Catamounts/DCPA Off-Center, Romeo and Juliet/The Tempest with Colorado Shakespeare Festival School Tour, Appropriate with Curious Theatre Company, The Misanthrope and Cradle Two Grave (Drama Ensemble Best Actress) at the University of Denver, and the titular role in Antigone (Broadway World Best Actress Nominee) with Fearless Theatre Company. Rhianna is also in film and videogames, most notably as the lead motion-capture and voiceover actor in the BAFTA-nominated game, Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Rhianna has a B.A. in Theatre and a B.S.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Denver. For more information, visit www.RhiannaDeVries.com. 

Kayla Foster*
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Kayla Foster is a producer and actor from Los Angeles. She appeared as “Barbara” on two seasons of the HBO series The Deuce. She was on Season 4 of NBC’s Blindspot and recently filmed The Oh Gees with Didi Conn & Kathryn Kates. Her production company, Rational Creatures Productions, premiered their film What She Did, starring Kayla, at Katra Film Festival at Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn and received the Audience Award at the Around the World Festival in Amsterdam. Their next film is set to premiere in 2021. Theatre: Spring Awakening First National Tour, Rocky Horror (A.R.T.), A Little More Alive (KC Rep). BFA: Emerson College; NYU Producing Program

Elise Kibler*
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Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles and This is Our Youth. Off-Broadway: All The Natalie Portmans (MCC), Mies Julie (Classic Stage Company), Napoli, Brooklyn (Roundabout Theatre Company), Indian Summer (Playwrights Horizons), London Wall (Mint Theater). Film/TV: The Sunlit Night, Hamlet in the Golden Vale, Younger (TV Land), Daredevil (Netflix), and The Affair (Showtime).

Emma Kikue*
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Emma Kikue is a Brooklyn based actress. Off-Broadway: Primary Stages, Ma-Yi Theater Company. Regional: Actors Theater of Louisville/Humana Festival, Triad Stage. TV: The Sinner, Braindead, Instinct, Elementary, The Code, Madam Secretary, Bull. Film: Josie and Jack. Web: Khaki is Not Leather. Readings/developmental: The O’Neill, NYSAF, New Dramatists, NYTW, Sundance Lab, Atlantic, EST. BFA UNCSA. www.emmakikue.com

Tracie Taylor
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Tracie is an actor and poet living in Chicago, IL. She is pursuing her MFA in poetry at Columbia College Chicago. Her favorite roles include : Samira (Thirst), Billy (Billy the Girl), and Izzy (The Rabbit Hole).

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