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Anton Dudley is a New York City-based Playwright, Librettist of Musical Theatre and Opera, and Performer. His Off-Broadway premieres include: Baba Yaga & the Firebird [music by Faye Chiao] (New Victory Theater); City Of and Substitution (Playwrights Realm); Getting Home (Second Stage Theater; published by Vintage); Slag Heap (Cherry Lane Theater; published by Playscripts); Honor and the River (Theater Row; published by Playscripts); Davy & Stu (Ensemble Studio Theater); 17 Orchard Point [co-written with Stephanie DiMaggio] (Theater Row); Letters to the End of the World (Theater Row; Finalist for Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Drama; published by Playscripts). Other credits include: Katie: The Strongest of the Strong [music by Faye Chiao] (Houston Grand Opera; Opera Saratoga; Lyric Opera Chicago); Girlstar (Signature Theater); A Dram of Drummhicit [co-written with Arthur Kopit] (LaJolla Playhouse; published by Samuel French); Cold Hard Cash (Williamstown Theater Festival); The Secret Code of Mary Bowser [music by Faye Chiao] (Houston Grand Opera; Pittsburgh Festival Opera); Marguerite [music by Michael Cooper] (Astoria Performing Arts Center; original cast recording released on Broadway Records); Banding Together [music by Faye Chiao] (Boston Chamber Symphony); Honor and the River (Walnut Street Theater); The Duchess Carpathia Bouffray: Coochie Coochie Coup D’Etat (The Brick). Anton has had commissions from Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theater Festival, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Cherry Lane Theater, Houston Grand Opera, Prospect Theater Company, Musical Stage Company. His work is published by Concord Theatricals, Playscripts, Heinemann Press, Smith & Kraus, Backstage Books, Heuer Publishing, Meriwether Publishing, and Vintage. The award-winning film of Davy & Stu, directed by Soman Chainani, was released by Strand Releasing (U.S.A.) and Salzgeber (Europe).

Charlie Sohne is a screenwriter, theater writer, journalist and podcaster. He has received the Jonathan Larson, Ed Kleban, ASCAP Mary Rodgers/Lorenz Hart, and San Diego Outer Critics Circle awards -- and his Off-Broadway musical was a TimeOut NY Critics' Pick. His song cycle was commissioned and premiered by the Oakland Symphony Orchestra -- and excerpted and performed by the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Charlie has developed work at The O'Neill, Goodspeed's Writer's Grove, The Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, NAMT, NYSAF, The Dramatists Guild Fellowship, Yale's Institute for Music Theatre, The Civilians' R&D group and The Lark. He has sold scripts to Netflix and Freeform, and has written about the intersection of music and politics in long-form pieces for Politico Magazine. Charlie has written songs for Grammy-winner India.Arie, and Grammy and Tony Award-winner Billy Porter-- and was the host of the Signal, Davey and w3 Award-winning Eurovision podcast Mysteries of the EuroVerse, which was featured on the Peabody Award-winning On The Media.

Keith Dale Gordon is a composer, lyricist, and writer whose musical Saint Heaven (book by Martin Casella) was produced at Stamford Center for the Performing Arts (CT) and Village Theatre (WA), receiving the NYMF Director’s Choice Award and TRU Festival Best of Festival. His credits include The Wedding Night (lyrics; book by Jana Hejduková, music by Stephen Coleman, Pick of the Fringe, Hollywood Fringe), Sadako & Floyd (book, music & lyrics; Johnny Mercer Colony at Goodspeed Opera House), Girl Powers (music & lyrics; book by Michele Aldin Kushner; Santa Fe Musical Theatre Festival, Dixon Place Festival NYC;), and The Shadow Sparrow (music; book by Anton Dudley, lyrics by Charlie Sohne; O’Neill National Musical Theater Conference, Momentum Festival at City Theatre). He is developing Mary Modern with Martin Casella. His songs, jingles, and choral works have been widely performed. www.keithgordonmusic.com

Faye Chiao is composer and performer of musical theater, opera, concert music, and film. Chiao has been honored with The Presser Music Award from The Presser Foundation, the Libby Larsen Prize from the International Alliance for Women in Music, and grants from The Puffin Foundation and OPERA America. Recent Performances Include: Matter of Moments (book and lyrics by Anton Dudley) [Kenyon College]; The Secret Code of Mary Bowser (book and lyrics by Anton Dudley) [Pittsburgh Festival Opera, PA]; Banding Together (book and lyrics by Anton Dudely) [Boston Chamber Symphony, MA]; Rhyme & Punishment (book and lyrics by Anton Dudley) [Playwrights Realm, NY and American Dream Theater, VA]; The Clinic (book & lyrics by Anton Dudley) [Prospect Theater, NY]; Dotty, a ten-minute musical, (book and lyrics by Mark Chmiel) [BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop]; To See the Stars, a multi-media song cycle celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Hubble Space Telescope [The National Air & Space Museum, DC, and The Maryland Science Center, MD]. Chiao has been an artist in residence with New Victory Theater Labworks Artist, the Boston Chamber Symphony and St. David’s Episcopal Church in Baltimore. With playwright Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Chiao is currently working on FOUNTAIN OF YOU a darkly comedic feminist chamber musical and THE LONELY DOLL, based on the real-life of photographer Dare Wright. With playwright Anton Dudley, Chiao recently completed a family opera, KATIE: THE STRONGEST OF THE STRONG, for Houston Grand Opera’s Opera to Go! as well as an original family musical, BABA YAGA AND THE FIREBIRD, and a chamber opera, ISLAND OF THE MOON. Chiao is a proud member of Maestra, a member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, participated in BMI’s Composing for the Screen Film Scoring Mentorship Program, and holds degrees from The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University.

Daniel Be is a musician and audio engineer who has been living in the North Fork for 25 years. He is very grateful to be involved in many creative projects over the years.

Bodhi is a freelance cinematographer & photographer based in Paonia Colorado. His films have been featured in the film festivals across the west and internationally, including, Paonia Film Festival, Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Colorado High School Film Festival, & an award winning film at Shakespeare Shorts in the UK.

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