Kevin Armento’s plays include Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (59E59, New York Times Critics’ Pick), Companion Piece (Pleasance Theatre, London), killers (Tom Noonan’s Paradise Factory), a way to reach me (Cape Cod Theatre Project) &  Good Men Wanted (Ars Nova, upcoming at Arena Stage.) His work has also been performed with Naked Angels, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The New Ohio &  Rogue Machine Theatre. He is a member of Ars Nova’s Play Group & is the recipient of commissions from the Abingdon Theatre & One Year Lease. His work has also been featured on Culturebot, Glamour & The Huffington Post.

Jaki Bradley is a Brooklyn-based director. Recent projects include I’ve Been to Sea Before (The Red Room, TONY Critic’s Pick), in the dark (Ars Nova), A Scavenge (Williamstown), Good Men Wanted (Ars Nova) & What Every Girl Should Know (FringeNYC, Time Out New York Critic’s Pick). She has also developed & presented work with The Public Theater, Naked Angels, Pipeline Theater Company & NYU-Atlantic Acting Studio. As an assistant/associate director, she has worked with Michael Greif, Leigh Silverman, Lisa Peterson & Daniel Aukin. She is U.S. Fulbright Scholar, a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Williamstown Directing Corps, the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab & an SDC fellow.

Ani Taj, a native New Yorker, is a choreographer, performer, music-head & the founder of The Dance Cartel. She has choreographed new musicals, plays, concerts, music videos, art parties & flash mobs. She loves to make dances that remind her of Brazilian Carnaval. Ani’s work has been presented at Rattlestick Theatre, 3LD, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Joe’s Pub, Kent285, Summer on the Hudson, Dance on the Greenway, NYC Dance Teacher Summit, DanceNOW’s Raw Festival, Triskelion Arts & the Espaco Xisto (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil). Upcoming project include new music videos for Reggie Watts & Club Girls. As a performer, Ani has worked with Les Freres Corbusier (DDR – Asst. Choreo.), David Dorfman Dance, Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith & Liz Swados.