Candrice Jones is a playwright from Dermott, Arkansas, whose mission is to write love letters for women of the American South. A A Steinberg playwright, VONA Playwriting alum, and CalArts Critical Studies MFA recipient, she has been a fellow at the Playwrights’ Center and MacDowell. Her play, FLEX, was developed at VONA, Ground Floor, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, then received a co-world premiere at TheatreSquared and Theatrical Outfit. Since, it has been produced at Lincoln Center Theater and Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul. Candrice has received virtual commissions from People’s Light and Actors Theatre of Louisville. In the spring of 2022, Candrice’s play, A Medusa Thread (KILROYS 2023) was developed in UC Santa Barbara’s Launchpad Series. Candrice currently lives in New York where she is working on commissions.

Lauren Yee is a playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer born and raised in San Francisco. She currently lives in New York City. Her plays include Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, City Theatre, Merrimack Rep) and The Great Leap (Denver Center, Seattle Repertory, Atlantic Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Arts Club, InterAct Theatre, Steppenwolf). Honors: Doris Duke Artists Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Whiting Award, Steinberg/ATCA Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award, Horton Foote Prize, Kesselring Prize, Primus Prize, Hodder Fellowship, #1 and #2 plays on 2017 Kilroys List. New Dramatists, Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab, Playwrights Realm alum. TV: Pachinko (Apple), Billions (Showtime), Interior Chinatown (Hulu), Soundtrack (Netflix). BA: Yale. MFA: UCSD.

Kareem Fahmy is a Canadian-born, NYC-based director, playwright, and screenwriter whose plays—including American Fast, Dodi and Diana, and A Distinct Society—have been produced Off-Broadway and at theatres across the country. Winner of the Woodward/Newman Playwriting Award and longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, he is a recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, Sundance, and the Bogliasco Foundation. He co-founded the Middle Eastern American Writers Lab, created the BIPOC Director Database, and was named a Rising Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group. Kareem is currently at work on commissions from Audible, The Civilians, and Unicorn Theatre.