Elyse Cogan (Playwright/E.) Elyse is a first time playwright but has always been involved in the theatre as an actress, stage manager, and in her long-running role, as a star struck fan.  But her real dream is to be in a rock band.  Born in the Bronx, she lives in the East Village and works as a consultant in Arts Education and as a web-designer. She is currently studying at the Michael Howard Studios with Alexandra Neil. This play would not have become a reality without Ms. Neil’s encouragement and support. This production would not be possible without the great support of two marvelous women (you know who are you are), my siblings, their families, and my supremely talented friends.

Ivy Livingston (Playwright/R.) From ages five to thirteen Ivy studied ballet and jazz, traveling the East Coast and abroad with the Hanover, PA’s Children’s Ballet Theater and Company. She attended Shippensburg University of PA, earning a bachelor's degree in communications/journalism and a minor in theatre. Her local modeling and acting career helped support her through college. Since moving to New York, she has performed in several off-Broadway productions including, The Laramie Project, Our Country's Good, and most recently with NYC’s Voice Theatre, she performed in a staged reading of Birds on a Wire, a play-in-progress at The Rattlestick. She's also shot several independent and student films, regional commercials, and web videos. Ivy works weekly as a fit (size) model for various clothing lines. She currently attends Michael Howard Studios where she studies acting with Alexandra Neil and maintains her dancing roots, studying with Frank Pietri. Thanks Mom, Dad, and Jasmine.

Krystle N. Adams (Nola Malin) Krystle has appeared as Mabel Washington in FAME at the North Shore Music Theater. She is currently choreographer and dancer for TLCC in West Orange, NJ. She would like to thank her Lord, her husband, her children, her mother and siblings, Q and Marlyne. Also, she is grateful to Alex Neil for inspiration to be a part of this project. Krystle is a proud member of the Actor's Equity Association.

Liz Stanton (Director) Credits include Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Hook Ups and Hang Ups: College Students Speak Out at Denison University, Visions of Flight at Naropa University, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown at Colorado College, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Rocky Mountain Theatre for Kids, and Turn of the Screw with Risk Ensemble, New York City. A founding member of Holderness Theater Company in New York City, Liz was resident sound designer/composer for The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline, The Changeling, The Rover, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Einstein’s Dreams and Life of Spiders. She has also composed and created sound designs for the National Shakespeare Company, Burning Coal Theater, Naropa University, Superhero Clubhouse and P.S. 122 in New York City. Liz is a founding member of Giving Voice Productions where she collaborated to write, direct and perform the award-winning play, Power to Pleasing: The Sex Lives of Teenage Girls and Pressure to Prove: The Sex Lives of Teenage Boys. Both were drawn from research and personal interviews. For more information please see www.lizstanton.com

Shelly Rodriguez (Lighting/Sound Designer) Shelly is a freelance lighting
designer based out of Los Angeles, California. Her favorite types of design work are those that allow her to explore her creativity and whimsicality in dramatic, memorable pieces. Her New York works include The Country Wife (Odyssey Productions), RealPolitik (Dream Up Festival) Den of Thieves (Glen Hagen Theatrical), and The Fabulous Lies of Hollywood Whores (Abrad Media).  Her work has been seen at Williamstown Theatre Festival (Thujone, One on Ones), WaterTower Theatre (Vodka and Kisses, Kiss the Girls), and The Palladium Theatre (100 Monkeys in Concert, MTV Presents QuestCrew) in addition to notable collegiate work (After Marienbad, Trojan Women, Iphigenia 2.0, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Postmodern on a Possible Patriotic Theme). Shelly is currently a second-year graduate student at California Institute of the Arts, studying design under Don Holder. http://www.shellynrodriguez.com

Kerry Kleiman (Stage Manager) Kerry ran away from New York in 2002 in order to move to Los Angeles and see what it was like to live in a city where the sky was visible. While in Los Angeles, Kerry attended (and graduated from) USC where a director promised to buy Kerry a burrito at every rehearsal if she agreed to be the Stage Manager.  Never one to turn down free burritos, Kerry’s career path began.  Since then, Kerry has stage managed dozens of productions in both NY and LA.  She has also been a director, actor, corporate slave, and coffee barista.  Currently, Kerry is moonlighting as a stand-up comic in the hopes of one day becoming Tina Fey.