Martyna Majok (playwright) was born in Bytom, Poland and raised in Jersey and Chicago. She was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and received a nomination for Best Play at the 2023 Tony Awards for Cost of Living. Other plays include Sanctuary City, Queens, and Ironbound, which have been produced across American and international stages. Other awards include the Obie Award for Playwriting, the Hull-Warriner Award, the Academy of Arts and Letters’ Benjamin Hadley Danks Award for Exceptional Playwriting, the Off-Broadway Alliance Best New Play Award, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Play, the Hermitage Greenfield Prize as the first female recipient in drama, the Champions of Change Award from the NYC Mayor’s Office, the Francesca Primus Prize, two Jane Chambers Playwriting Awards, the Lanford Wilson Prize, the Lilly Award’s Stacey Mindich Prize, the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play, the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, the ANPF Women’s Invitational Prize, the David Calicchio Prize, the Global Age Project Prize, the NYTW 2050 Fellowship, the NNPN Smith Prize for Political Playwriting, and the Merage Foundation Fellowship for The American Dream. Martyna studied at Yale School of Drama, Juilliard, University of Chicago, and Jersey public schools. She was a 2012-2013 NNPN playwright-in-residence, the 2015-2016 PoNY Fellow at the Lark Play Development Center, and a 2018-2019 Hodder Fellow at Princeton University. Martyna is currently writing a musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby, with music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett, and developing TV and film for Plan B, Pastel, and MRC.

Jeffrey L. Page (director), an Emmy-nominated director and choreographer celebrated for his dynamic theater and dance direction, earned the Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics’ Choice Award for his vibrant choreography in the 1776 Broadway Revival. Collaborating with icons like Beyoncé and influencing productions from Memphis to Ain’t Misbehavin’, Page’s work resonates globally. His film credits include Making Micheaux (director) and Freedom (choreographer). Academically distinguished as the first African American to receive The Juilliard School’s Marcus Institute Fellowship, Jeffrey also imparts knowledge at Harvard and The New School. As the leader of Movin’ Legacy, Page’s artistry continues to innovate with projects like The Trojan Women, solidifying his stature in modern performing arts. | @jeffreylpage | www.jeffreylpage.com

Christopher Ash (Scenic Designer)  Equally at home designing projections, scenery, and lighting for theater, opera, and dance, as well as direction and cinematography for film, he has had work produced in 17 countries and recognized for 16 awards. He made his Broadway debut in 2015 as assistant scenic designer for On the Town and has since contributed to productions of New York, New York, Sunday in the Park with George, Saint Joan, Prince of Broadway, An Act of God, The Crucible, and Network the last two directed by Ivo van Hove. He recently premiered Dead Man Walking and Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the ballet Callas La Divina for the Municipal in Santiago, Chile where he was recognized for a Critics Choice award. He has created work for numerous regional American theaters, as well as for productions at the Paris Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Houston Grand, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ballet Hispanico, Houston Ballet among others. He is a graduate of SUNY Fredonia, and the Yale School of Drama. Instagram @christopherash1

Tiffany Bacon (costume designer) is the Creative & Production Director for WURD Radio, began her career in radio in 1990 at WRTI. At Power 99FM she created Inner City, a show that broke new artists like Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, and more. Tiffany Bacon is the co-author of a health & wellness program for African American teens. Talking Matters is currently being tested for effectiveness by the Research & Evaluation Group at Public Health Management Corporation. Tiffany is also a freelance costume designer whose work has been featured at Quintessence Theatre Group, The Lantern Theater Company, Theatre Exile, & Passage Theatre, to name a few. Tiffany is the 2022 winner of the Broadwayworld.com Philadelphia Best Costume Design for a Play or Musical for the Theatre in the X production of Dreamgirls.

Natalie Robin (lighting designer) is a lighting designer, labor organizer, and educator. She is the full-time organizer of United Scenic Artis, Local 829, IATSE, of which she is a proud, longtime member, and believes everyone should have the protections of a union. Previously, she taught at several institutions of higher education. Collaborations include The Wanderers at City Theater Company, Backing Track at the Arden, The Sorceress for the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene, Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man at the Wilma, and both Rachel and Awake and Sing at the Quintessence Theater Group. | @natalierobinld | www.natalierobinlighting.com

Jordan McCree (sound designer) is an artist based in Philadelphia. Their most recent collaborations include The BFG (Arden Theatre Company), Grief Hotel (Clubbed Thumb), Sandblasted (Theatre Horizon), Eternal Life Part 1 (The Wilma Theater), Empathitrax (Philadelphia Theatre Company), and the 2021 World Premiere of Fat Ham (The Wilma Theater), as well as the short film The World Takes and feature film The Karamazovs. In 2022, they were a grant recipient of the 1/52 Project. Jordan is a member of the Philly-based, Barrymore Award-winning hip-hop collective ILL DOOTS. Their project, Co-Missions EP, is available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and Bandcamp. #ILLMOVEMENT | ILLDOOTS.COM | @j_o_r_d_n

Leslie Ann Boyden* (stage manager) is a Philadelphia-based stage manager, having previously worked with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Theatre Horizon, The Wilma Theater, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre, Simpatico Theatre, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Act II Playhouse, Arden Theatre Company, Millbrook Playhouse, and Hedgerow Theatre. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2014 with a B.A. in Theatre and Drama.

Jess McPhillips (stage manager) People’s Light: True West, Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Panto, Grand Horizons. Arden Theatre Company: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Radio Golf, Into The Woods, Backing Track, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cabaret, A Year with Frog and Toad; Act II Playhouse: Souvenir, Looking Over the President’s Shoulder, Cafe Puttanesca, Same Time Next Year, Biloxi Blues, Tuesdays with Morrie; 1812 Productions: Hope and Gravity, This Is The Week That Is. Jess is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Ross Beschler* (Eddie) is a founding member of the Wilma Theatre’s Hothouse ensemble and a member of the site-specific performance collective Die-Cast. Ross teaches voice and acting at Rowan University. Select credits include Twelfth Night, The Cherry Orchard, Minor Character, Describe the Night, Bootycandy, and Our Class (Wilma); Indecent (Arden); Maple & Vine (City Theatre); End Days (People’s Light); Hunter Gatherers (Exile); Delirium (EgoPo); Baal & Dix, La Ronde (Die-Cast); Eat Your Young (Boston Playwrights Theatre); Kate Crackeruts (The Flea); The Germans in Paris (Verse Theatre Manhattan). TV: Blue Bloods. Film: Flight of the Cardinal. MFA, Temple University. | Instagram: @rossosaurus23 | www.RossBeschler.com

Cianna Castro (Jess) is an artist based out of Newark, NJ and a graduate from the Temple University Theater Program. She is so excited to be making her PTC debut! Some of her favorite credits include: Fabulation; or the Re-Education of the Undine (Temple Theaters), All My Mothers Dream in Spanish (Azuka Theater), and The Ways of White Folks (Ego Po Classic Theater). She is the recipient of the Mental Health Awareness Award from the Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival. Cianna has just finished creating season one of her Natural Hair Series, which you can find on her YouTube channel. In her spare time, you can find Cianna rock climbing or reading somewhere in a corner. For Mami. | ciannacastro.com | www.youtube.com/@dalmatian.c

Christian Prentice* (John) NEW YORK: Off-Broadway: The Blue Man Group. REGIONAL: The Cleveland Playhouse: The Life of Galileo | Cleveland Public Theatre: Fever/Dream | The Rose Bowl: Apollo 11 – The Immersive Live Show | Sierra Madre Playhouse: 4000 Miles | The Road Theatre Company: At The Table. FILM: Mank (Netflix); Proximity (Amazon); Cabrini (coming to theaters, Spring 2024). TV: Future Man (Hulu), The Neighborhood (CBS). | Follow along on Instagram @christianprentice | christianprentice.com

Charlotte Hill (Music Recordings) is a chamber musician, songwriter, administrator, and teacher. Holding degrees in Piano Performance, Politics, and Environmental Studies from Oberlin College & Conservatory, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in piano at Stony Brook University. Her major mentors include Gilbert Kalish, Haewon Song, Angela Park, and Rie Matsumoto. Alongside her mother Meg, Charlotte is proud to co-run Music at Port Milford, an international chamber music festival and summer school. When not in front of the 88 keys or sending summer camp emails, Charlotte brings her musical voice to her New York-based songwriting project, The Mops.