Cecil Price Walden is a composer and pianist based in Oxford, MS. Price frequently writes music dealing with Southern mythology and culture, and in 2011, he was named a Hero of the New South by Southern Living Magazine after a performance of his cantata “Leaves of Greens” at the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival by the Atlanta Opera.

Lane Williamson is a director, actor, playwright, and lyricist from Los Angeles, California. His work as director and actor includes pieces by Beckett, Kander & Ebb, Kushner, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, and Shakespeare, among many others. As writer, his play The Sidewalk was seen in two productions in California, and his lyrics have been heard across the country and at 54 Below in NYC.

Nathaniel Sullivan has received two recognitions from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and has been the recipient of the Orpheus Vocal Competition’s Bizet Award. He recently covered the roles of Gilgamesh and the Young Monk in Paola Prestini’s Gilgamesh and Scott Wheeler’s Naga, produced by Beth Morrison Projects in 2016.

Maayan Voss de Bettancourt has been described as “fascinating,” “delightful,” and “powerful enough to make us sit up and take notice.” She has enjoyed performing offbeat repertoire, such as obscure Gilbert & Sullivan operettas like Iolanthe and Princess Ida (with Lamplighters Music Theatre), and has sung in (and done lighting for) burlesques with the Dr. Wilkes troupe.

Jane Hoffman is a true singing actor who brings her engaging stage presence and expressive voice to works ranging from baroque to brand new. She has performed with Pasadena Opera, Utopia Opera, Amore Opera, the Emerald City Opera Artist Institute, and the Fresh Squeezed Opera Company, where she is a Core Company Resident.