Nazareth Hassan is a writer, director, musician, and performer. Performance and theater works include Bowl EP at The Vineyard Theater, Untitled (1-5) at The Shed (text published by 3 Hole Press), VANTABLACK at Theatretreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin, Security Theater at Judson Memorial Church, and Memory A at Museo Universitario del Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City. Their first interdisciplinary book, Slow Mania, will be published in 2025 by Futurepoem. In 2022-2023, they were the dramaturg at the Royal Court Theatre in London. They were a 2023–25 Jerome Hill artist fellow and the 2024-25 Tow Playwright in Residence at The Vineyard Theatre. www.nazarethhassan.com

Keenan Tyler Oliphant is a Theatre-maker and Director from Cape Town South Africa, whose work is in the lineage of the storytelling traditions of Southern Africa. Selected directing credits include Heather Christian's Terce: A Practical Breviary, Jeesun Choi’s To the Ends of the Earth (JACK), Ebru Nihan Celkan’s Will You Come with Me? (PlayCo), Vivian Barnes’ Intro to (EST), Jay Stull’s The Singularity Play (Harvard TDM). Associate Director Hadestown (Broadway); Gatsby (A.R.T); Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova 2022). He has developed work with Ars Nova, NYTW, Second Stage and The Vineyard Theatre. He is an alumni of the Drama League Fellowship 2021/2022 and Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellowship 2020/2021.