Julia Meinwald’s musicals with Gordon include Pregnancy Pact (2012 Weston Playhouse, 2011 NAMT, 2011 YIMT), The Loneliest Girl in the World (2016 NAMT, 2015 UARTS, 2014 OutLoud at Ars Nova) and REB + VoDKa + ME (Civilians R&D Group, MTF’s writers group). Her show Elevator Heart with Sara Cooper and Amy Burgess will be performed at NYU later this fall.  Julia has developed work through New Dramatists CLDP, the Dramatist Guild fellowship, American Lyric Theatre, Uncharted at Ars Nova, the Civilians’ R&D group, Fresh Ground Pepper’s Playgroup and MTF. She holds a BA in Music from Yale and an MFA from NYU’s GMTWP. www.juliameinwald.com

Gordon Leary is a Brooklyn-based bookwriter and lyricist. With Julia Meinwald, musicals include PREGNANCY PACT (2012 Weston Playhouse; 2011 NAMT; 2011 YIMT), THE LONELIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (2016 NAMT; 2015 Polyphone; 2014 Ars Nova OutLoud), and REB + VoDKa + ME (2016 Civilians’ Findings Series.) Other musicals include CHEER WARS (2015 York Theatre, 2009 Richard Rodgers Award) and ACROSS THE RIVER (2013 Seoul Musical Festival.) Fellowships/Groups: Musical Theatre Factory, Fresh Ground Pepper’s Playground Playgroup, The Civilians’ R&D Group, Ars Nova’s Uncharted, Dramatists Guild. Vassar/NYU GMTWP. www.omfgordon.com

Adam Stasiw is a performer, creator, and lifelong student with degrees in Computer Science, Dance, and Theatre from Princeton University. In NYC, he has performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall with Khorikos, Dixon Place and Greene Space with Yael Nachajon Dance Theater, and again at Dixon Place with Ensemble Dance Company and Watchface. Other notable performances include Assassins at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; dancing in works by Raja Feather Kelly, Rebecca Lazier, Susan Marshall, and Laura Peterson; and singing across the world with The Princeton Nassoons. Adam’s research interests include Human Computer Interaction, machine learning for music and dance performance, and the various intersections of art and technology.