Borna Barzin is a Brooklyn-based director of Iranian heritage from the San Francisco Bay Area. Directing credits include Victor I. Cazares’ <<when we write with ashes>> (National Queer Theater/Lincoln Center) and Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall (New York Theatre Workshop), Sam Shepard’s The Mad Dog Blues (The Hive), and Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive (Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Pace University). Borna has worked at theaters such as Lincoln Center Theater, Berkeley Rep, Atlantic Theater, Playwrights Horizons, and The TEAM with directors such as Les Waters, GT Upchurch, and Rachel Chavkin. Borna is the Associate Casting Director of Daniel Fish’s reimagined Oklahoma!, a Colt Coeur Resident Artist, and a member of the Roundabout Director’s Group and Mercury Store Director’s Lab.

Jesse Cameron Alick is a dramaturg, producer, poet, playwright, essayist, artistic researcher and science fiction expert. Jesse was at the Public Theater for 15 years and for the last 5 was the Company Dramaturg, where he planned bespoke development paths for projects, from acorn to oak. Jesse is currently the Associate Artistic Director at the Vineyard Theater in NYC. Jesse is an active freelance dramaturg at various off-Broadway theaters in the city, nationwide and in the UK. Jesse studied writing with Adrienne Kennedy and has taught theater courses, lectured at classes and mentored students at a myriad of programs, currently at NYU. www.jessecameronalick.com

Anthony Rigaglia is a born and raised New York stage manager. Stage manager credits include Almost Famous (Broadway), The October Storm (Hudson Stage Company), Far Away (Hangar Theatre), and Ajax (Hangar Theatre). Anthony has also work as a Production Assistant for MJ The Musical (Broadway) and Epiphany (Lincoln Center Theater).

Carson McCalley is a Brooklyn-based actor, director, and Dungeons and Dragons player. Original Broadway Cast: The Inheritance (Tony Award winner- Best Play.) NY: The Men From the Boys (Rattlestick, dir. Zachary Quinto) This Ain’t No Disco (NY Stage & Film.) Regional: The Odyssey (Old Globe,) Hamlet (Santa Cruz Shakespeare.) Film: Human Capital. TV: Outsiders (WGN), Alternatino (Comedy Central) Princess Cut (HBO Max.) He holds a BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University, and has studied with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the Suzuki Company of Toga, Japan. Hold on tightly, let go lightly. @carsonmcalley

Connor is a graduate of NYU Tisch, originally from Portland, Oregon. Theater: Neighborhood 3 (The Flea), Snow Falling on Cedars (Portland Center Stage). Film: All These Small Moments, 40-Love, Something Like Summer. TV: "Partner Track", "Madam Secretary", "FBI", "Elementary". Brave Artists Management & Buchwald, follow him @conjohn.nyc

Jules Latimer is a New York based actor who recently graduated from The Juilliard School. Before graduation, she had the pleasure of leading her first off-broadway show PARIS at the Atlantic Theater Company by Eboni Booth. After her critically praised performance her career has been on the fast track. While at Juilliard and at Bard Summerscape, she worked with renowned theater directors Daniel Fish in MOST HAPPY, Jenny Koons in THE TEMPEST, and Brandon J. Dirden in PARADISE BLUE. After graduation, she started filming her first television series GUILTY PARTY opposite Kate Beckinsale. She’s completed her first feature film, RUSTIN, with the legendary director/writer George C. Wolfe highlighting the March on Washington in 1963 which will premiere on Netflix Fall 2023. Currently, she plays Eve Edwards on the #1 new broadcast television series FIRE COUNTRY on CBS.

Nile Harris is a performer and director of live works of art. He has done a few things and hopes to do a few more, God willing.

Pooya Mohseni is a multi award-winning Iranian American actor, writer, filmmaker and transgender activist. She recently appeared in the world premiere of The Sex Party (Menier Chocolate Factory) in London. Her other stage performances include the Lucille Lortel and Obie-winning play English (Atlantic Theater Company), Hamlet (Play On Shakespeare Festival), One Woman (United Solo), She,He,Me (National Queer Theater), Our Town (Pride Plays), Galatea (The WP Project), The Good Muslim (EST), White Snake (Baltimore Center Stage), and the Audible production of Chonburi Hotel & The Butterfly Club (Williamstown Theater Festival). Her film and television credits include Law & Order: SVU, Big Dogs, Falling Water, Madam Secretary, Terrifier and See You Then, streaming on all digital platforms. She's part of the advisory council for The Ackerman Institute's Gender & Family Project.