ELIYA SMITH (Playwright) is a writer from Ohio. Plays: Ice Factory Festival, HERE Arts Center, the American Repertory Theater, the Tank, ISLE Theater Company. Support: Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Phyllis Anderson Foundation. MFA Candidate UT Austin.

LES WATERS (Director) is a Tony nominated and Obie Award-winning director. His New York credits include Broadway, NAATCO, Vineyard Theatre, Public Theater, Soho Rep, Second Stage, BAM Next Wave Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Connelly Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Signature. He has worked at many theaters across the country – Steppenwolf, Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Huntington Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Mark Taper Forum, and Kirk Douglas Theatre. Tony Award nomination for Dana H., Obie Awards for Big Love and Sustained Excellence. He is both subject and co-author of The Theatre of Les Waters: More like the Weather, edited by Scott T Cummings, published by Routledge.