Chris Gallerani is an actor & writer. He graduated from Dartmouth College in June 2015 with honor’s in Theater & Music. #werq is the result of his Senior Honor’s Thesis & is an exploration of his journey to reconcile his sexuality & his religion. At Dartmouth, he was also a member of the Dartmouth Aires, where he sang tenor & arranged music, including Beyoncé’s Haunted. He spent this past summer as an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Irma Mayorga is a scholar/artist in theater. Her creative work as a theater-maker includes directing & dramaturgy, & she is an award-winning playwright. In 2014, the University of Texas Press published a second edition of her play The Panza Monologues, written with Virginia Grise. As a scholar, her research explores contemporary theater & performance by U.S. people of color & women. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Latina/o Theater Commons. She holds a Joint Ph.D. in Drama & the Humanities from Stanford University & is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theater at Dartmouth College.