Joe Kelly (writer) is a recent graduate from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts where he studied Dramatic Writing. He is the writer of She’s Totally Dead and Aliens Coming: The Musical, which ran for an extended, sold-out run at the PIT, and was featured in TimeOut, Huffington Post, and The Advocate. His writing has been nominated for the Relentless Award and most recently, he has been invited to develop his work at Ball State University as this year’s visiting playwright.

Joel Kirk (director) is a Manhattan based director specializing in new plays and musicals. In New York, he has worked at The Lark, New World Stages, Sheen Center, NYU, Fordham University, Ball State University, New York Theatre Festival, NewYorkRep, The Telling Company, Secret Theatre, Kimball Studios, The People’s Improv Theatre, Midtown International Theatre Festival, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, WorkShop Theatre, and Alchemical Theatre Lab. Blatantly Blaine, a musical he directed and choreographed, received a “Best Bet” from Theatre is Easy and a listing in TimeOut as “One of the Best Things to See This Week.”