Playwright & Director: Justine Gelfman is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her work has been at Ars Nova, Williamstown Theatre Festival, IRT Theater, Theater Masters’ Take Ten, Dixon Place, New York Fringe Festival, UT Austin, Northwestern University, and Kenyon College. She has been a resident at Yaddo, Colt Coeur, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Mastheads, UCross Foundation, Slough Farm, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Vineyard Arts Project, and Kenyon Playwrights Conference. Justine is a New Georges Affiliated Artist. Her writing has been published by Concord Theatricals. BA: Northwestern. MFA: UT Austin. She is represented by WME and Untitled Entertainment.

Playwright & Actor: Elizabeth O’Donnell is an actress, writer, and director originally from LA and currently based in Brooklyn. She recently wrapped her second season on the Hello Sunshine AppleTV+ series, THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME alongside Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice. Other credits include: CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, PAM & TOMMY, WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS, BLACK MONDAY, THE OTHER TWO. She co-wrote and starred in the short film, PILLOW TALK, which has gone on to screen at Miami Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Indy Shorts, and New Hampshire Film Festival. It can be found online on Short of the Week and NoBudge. She has developed work at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Clubbed Thumb, Pete’s Candy Store, Access Theater, The Tank, and Theater for the New City. Elizabeth completed the two year full time acting training program at William Esper Studio and received her B.A from Harvard University. She is represented by Untitled Entertainment. elizabethodonnell.com

Producer: Gemma Josephine is an actress, director, producer and artist based in Brooklyn, New York. A native New Yorker, she is a graduate of the BFA NYU Tisch Drama program from the Atlantic and Stonestreet Studios. She has developed work at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Public Theater, Built for Collapse, Dixon Place, Pete’s Candy Store, The Tank, The New Ohio Theater and The Brick. Acting credits include CORIOLANUS (Public Theater), LET’S EAT FRANK (Short Film), HOMING INSTINCT (Short Film), RADIUM GIRLS (Netflix), TALK BACK (The Brick). Gemma also works in casting as a freelance casting director. She is repped by Davien Littlefield Management.

Consulting Producer: Russell Kahn is VP of Development & Production at Rachel Brosnahan’s Scrap Paper Pictures, and has been with the company for 6 years [please note Scrap Paper is not affiliated with THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING at this time]. Prior to Scrap Paper, Kahn co-founded Voyeur, an independent collective with work honored at Sundance, Tribeca, Raindance, Palm Springs, and more. An avid theatre lover, Kahn proudly produced the recent world premiere of Max Wolf Friedlich’s play, JOB in NYC. Kahn started his career at CAA, and has worked at the agency’s LA and NYC offices.