LIZ BARNETT (music, The Chimes) is a Manhattan-based singer-songwriter/composer-lyricist. Raised in rural Western New York, her aesthetic is heavily influenced by nature. A classically trained pianist, cellist, and vocalist, she marries old and new in her nostalgic musical theatre pop writing style. Full-length musicals include: Escapes (Colgate University, 2012), and #twitch (NYU, 2015). MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

LANE DOMBOIS (producer) is a writer and composer of theater and art-rock music. Recent credits: new musical Salvador, book and lyrics, music by Ani Garcia (reading at NYU Tisch); music for Raina Belleau’s video art pieces Everlasting and Tenderfoot; music with Edison Hong for dance piece Escher’s Fish (NYU Tisch). As Madame Zero, recent albums include Addle Me, Fluorescence and Biography is a Cemetery. MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

JESSE FREEDMAN (director) is theater director and collaborator.  Co-founder of Meta-Phys. Ed. (w/ Bronwen Mullin).  Selected directing credits: Karaoke Bacchae (Meta-Phys Ed./ New Ohio Theater) Paisieu (Target Margin Stein Labs), Vilna’s Got a Golem (Sarah Lawrence College), Chalom: Dream Opera (Meta-Phys. Ed.)  Training: MFA in Theater, Sarah Lawrence College, SITI Company, Tectonic Theater.

ELOISE GOVEDARE (book and lyrics, The Chimes) is a writer and musician based in New York City. Co-founder of rock band Scarlet Room; book and lyrics for full-length musical A Rebel Prayer (music by Aleksandra Weil), NYU 2015; composition and performance of other original theater and dance music. BA in Comparative History of Ideas, a minor in Women Studies from the University of Washington; MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

ORIAN ISRAELSOHN (book, Love in the Dark) is a graduate of the  the Second City Sketch Comedy Writing Program and the University of Toronto. Her recent work includes book and lyrics for full-length musical Tommy Christ (music and lyrics by Ayesu Lartey) and writing assistance on Rafe Malach’s Deadmouse: The Musical which premiered at the 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival. MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

EMILY ROLLER (lyrics, Love in the Dark) is the author of the The Alloway Files  (New Stein Publishing House); other writings published in the Baltimore Review, Pif Magazine, and 3QR; book and lyrics for new musicals Teach for a While (music by Mehmet Salih Yildirim) and Esther (music by Peter Michael von der Nahmer), Spring 2015 NYU Tisch readings. Graduate of Yale, holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Program and an MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

HANNAH SPRATT (stage manager) is a Midwest transplant, currently based in New York. Select NYC stage management credits; Paisieu, Stein-Drag (Target Margin Theatre), Old Paper Houses (Piehole), Bones in the Basket (ASM, Araca Project), Famous Blue Raincoat (Workshop; Naked Angels), You Got Older (Workshop; Page73), A Walk on the Moon (PA, New York Stage & Film), The Light Years (ASM, New York Stage & Film and The Debate Society), SeaWife (ASM, New York Stage & Film). Upcoming project: The Tower (AntiMatter Theatre at HERE Arts Center)

ALEKSANDRA WEIL (music, Love in the Dark) is a Brooklyn-based composer writing for theatre, opera and film. Co-founder of cabaret rock band Scarlet Room (with frequent collaborator Eloise Govedare); music for full-length musical A Rebel Prayer (book and lyrics by Eloise Govedare), reading at NYU Tisch in Spring 2015; music for short film Sonnet 115 from The Sonnet Project. She’s studied composition with Byron Au Yong and film scoring with Pat Irwin. She is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.