Charles Gershman is a Midwest-raised queer playwright, a Dramatists Guild Foundation Playwriting Fellow and a 2019 Chesley/Bumbalo Playwriting Award winner. Recent productions include The Waiting Game (59E59) and Free & Proud (Theatre503, Edinburgh Fringe, King’s Head Theatre in London), published by Oberon Books. He holds a BA from Columbia University and MFA from NYU-Tisch. www.charlesgershman.com

Director Rachel Dart brings a feminist perspective to new play development and existing works.  Recent credits: In Paris… and Unpleasantries at Actors Theatre of Louisville;The Seventh Floor at EST/Youngblood; Mary’s Sex-Crazed Cosmic Playlist at the Women in Theatre Festival; and The Trojan Women at The New Collectives. Rachel is also the founder of Let Us Work, an advocacy group that aims to combat sexual harassment in theater by effecting change in policy and culture.

McLean Peterson (Ivanka) is an actor and singer living in Brooklyn, NY. Off-Broadway: Convention (Irondale), Pop Punk High (les Poisson Rouge), The Pirate La Dee Da, The Velveteen Rabbit (Atlantic Theater Co.). Off-off Broadway: Assassins (The Secret Theatre) The Parlour (Soho Rep), CRACKS (NYFringe), Enlargement (NYFringe). Film/TV: Jessica Jones (Netflix), The Chaperone (PBS), What are We? (Georgica).