THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE I-87 IN WESTCHESTER

David Scott Curtis moved to NYC from rural Michigan at age 50 to pursue a career in musical theater. So far, so good. Credits: First National Tour; Fiddler On The Roof, 2019-20. National Tour; 42nd Street, 2016 -17.

Off Broadway; It Came From Beyond, The Frankenstein Musical, Geeks! [Write Act Repertory]. Regional; Elf: The Musical [The Fireside Theatre]. Other theater; Oliver!, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Spitfire Grill, The Rocky Horror Show, Social Security.

www.curtis-online.com ~Andrea, without your faith in me and your love, I would not have sufficient courage.~

Gina Femia's work has been seen/developed at MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, EST, Page 73, Playwrights’ Center, CTG, Theater of NOTE, Panndora Productions, among others. Gina is a 2019-2023 Core Writer with the Playwrights Center, and an alum of EST Youngblood, Page73's Interstate 73, Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab, New Georges' Audrey Residency, Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Plays Lab and Parsnip Ship’s Radio Roots Writer’s Group. Gina’s a New Georges Affiliated Artist and has received residencies with Page73, Powerhouse, NTI at the O’Neill, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Fresh Ground Pepper. Awards: Leah Ryan Prize for Emerging Female Writers, Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award, Otis Guernsey New Voices Award and the Neukom Award in Playwriting. MFA, Sarah Lawrence College (Lipkin Prize in Playwriting).

Ricki Lynée is an award-winning, New York City-born & based, actress, writer, and producer. She is the co-owner and Head of Development at Nuanse Entertainment, a resident artist with New Light Theater Project, and a recipient of the 2021 All Stars Project/Castillo Theater Fellowship for Young Artists of Color. Select credits include: I’M SO HOT, & meet you at the Galaxy Diner (New Light Theater Project, The Tank); The Diplomats (Fresh Fruit Festival at The Wild Project); The Conspiracists (Stable Cable Lab Co. at IRT Theater); The Yellow Wallpaper (St. Ann's Warehouse, LABAPALOOZA!). Film/TV credits: “The Retreat”, & “Anthology” (Nuanse Entertainment); Game Brunch (CongestedCat Productions); "Diabolical" (Lion Television). Ricki Lynée received the "Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play" Award for her work in The Diplomats. BA in Theatre from CUNY Brooklyn College. www.rickilynee.com

Ryan Wesley Stinnett is a performer, comedian, and writer. Most recently he was seen Off-Broadway in PUFFS (Narrator) at New World Stages and in ROCK OF AGES (Hertz) at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte.

Select NYC credits also include Liza Birkenmeier’s THE HOLLOWER (Pigman), Catya McMullen’s LOCKED UP BITCHES (Bull), Niegel Smith and Todd Shalom’s TAKE CARE (Ryan), Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney’s THE NOMAD (Vava), and Feinstein’s/54 Below’s 54 PAYS TRIBUTE TO A VERY POTTER MUSICAL (Dumbledore/Voldemort). He is co-writer/creator of the variety show LIZ AND RYAN: NEED HELP? which had its inaugural season at The Peoples Improv Theater in Manhattan. MFA: University of Virginia. @ryanstinnett

Sophie Sagan-Gutherz (they/them) is a NYC based actor/singer/writer. When they were 10 years old, at an audition for The Sound of Music, they were asked to raise their hand if anyone would be willing to play the opposite gender; and with that, Soph began their dedication to the arts as Captain Von Tapp. Drawn to new work, Sophie is often found originating roles in musicals/plays and writing queer characters into their own projects. NY Theatre: Twin Sized Beds (The Public), I Was Unbecoming Then (Ars Nova), The Skin of Our Teeth (TFANA), Twelfth Night; The Tempest (The Brick). Regional: A Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile; Something Happens for Joe; Summer’s Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Film: It Felt Like Loss. BFA: NYU Tisch. You can continue to check Soph out at sophiesagangutherz.com/ newplayexchange.org & @sophiesagangutherz!

Taylor Reynolds is a New York-based director from Chicago and one of the Producing Artistic Leaders of OBIE-winning The Movement Theatre Company in Harlem. She has worked as a director, assistant, and collaborator with companies including Clubbed Thumb, Keen Company, Page 73, Baltimore Center Stage, Signature Theatre Company, Ars Nova, MCC, and The 24 Hour Plays. She is the recipient of the 2021 LPTW Lucille Lortel Award, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, 2017-2018 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab alum, and member of SDC. www.iamtaylorreynolds.com