HOOK & EYE THEATER: Founded by Carrie Heitman and Chad Lindsey in 2010, Hook & Eye is an ensemble of artists whose mission is to build inspiring, inquisitive works of theater that encourage new perspectives on foundational concepts. Original works: Fidgital Spring (Governors Island; The Chain, 2013); The Summoners, big capital meets small-town America in times of crisis, (C.O.W., 2014); and God is a Verb, inspired by the mind and myth of R. Buckminster Fuller (Actors Fund Arts Center, 2015). Hook & Eye teaches playwriting at Manhattan’s Professional Performing Arts School and is a 2016 Kevin Spacey Foundation Artist of Choice.

CHAD LINDSEY (Director) is a New York-based actor and director. As founding co-artistic director of Hook & Eye, he has directed The Summoners (2014) and God is a Verb (2016). Regional/Off-B’way: Barry Manilow’s Harmony (Ahmanson/Broadway World award), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Classic Stage Company), Chekhov Lizardbrain (Pig Iron/Obie Award), Liz Swados’ Kaspar Hauser (The Flea). Film/TV: It’s Complicated, Girls will be Girls (Sundance), Royal Pains (USA), How I Met Your Mother (CBS), Unforgettable (CBS), and many others. B.A., Music: Valparaiso University.

CYNTHIA BABAK (Writer) is a multi-disciplinary theater artist. Founding member of Brave New World Rep, core member of Hook & Eye Theater, and 2015 recipient of the Tanne Foundation Award. Playwright: Where I Dwell (Florida Rep, Lanyard Theatre/ME), In the Skin (O’Neill semi-finalist). Director: Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Arthur Miller’s The American Clock (Brave New World Rep). On stage: Robert Wilson’s The Golden Windows (BAM); God is a Verb (Hook & Eye); The Twelfth Labor (Loading Dock). Her comedy show Babes in the Woods continues to run at various NYC venues, including THE MOSQUITO/Dixon Place.