Lainie Robertson is an American playwright and lyricist. His works include Nasty Little Secrets, Alfred Stieglitz Loves O'Keeffe, The Insanity of Mary Girard, and Woman Before Glass. His plays have been produced at the Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Delaware Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Festival d'Avignon, George Street Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Old Globe, Philadelphia Company, Primary Stages, Theatre de la Huchette, Theatre Petit Montparnasse, Theatre Silvia Montfort, Vineyard Theatre, Virginia Stage, Walnut Street Theatre, Westside Arts and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Current works include Nobody Lonesome for Me and The Gardener. Robertson is a member of The Dramatists Guild, Writers Guild- East, and the Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques.

Mel Marvin was born in Walterboro, South Carolina. He graduated from the College of Charleston with a B.S. in 1962. He went on to graduate from Columbia University with a M.A. in 1965. He has directed, composed and written several plays and over a hundred scores for musicals. He is a Faculty Composer and Director of Production of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Theatre Communications Group. He is also a member of ASCAP, American Federation of Musicians, National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Dramatists Guild.