Daniella Shoshan is a New York (formerly of New Jersey) playwright who completed her MFA at Columbia University in May 2010. Her latest play, Yes We Can, will be produced in Spring 2011 with Down Payment Productions. Recent projects include: Yes We Can (Down Payment Productions, dir. Alec Strum); Ya Heard Me (Samuel French OOB Festival, dir. Grant Boyd); They Call Him Young Lou (MFA Thesis Productions, dir. Pirrone Yousefzadeh); Pluck & Tenacity (Samuel French OOB Festival Winner, dir. Colette Robert, MFA Ten Minute Play Festival at Second Stage, dir. Kim Weild); Jack Perry Is Alive [and Dating] (ANT FEST ’09, Ars Nova); Tell It To Me Slowly (FringeNYC ‘09). She has been mentored by Kia Corthron and Stephen Adly Guirgis.  She bakes crazy delicious cookies.

JULIA MEINWALD's music for theatre has been heard at the York Theatre (NEO5), the Cherry Lane Theatre (Edgewise), Barrington Stages (Bill Finn Presents Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists That You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Should), Goodspeed Opera House (Shelter), and the Hangar Theatre (The Adventures of Haarlem Berlin.)  Julia recently completed a fellowship with the Dramatists Guild, where she is developed a piece about a teen pregnancy pact with lyricist Gordon Leary. This piece was the recipient of the 2011 Weston New Musical Award, for which it will receive concerts in Vermont and NYC and a demo recording with Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records.  Also in development is a musical called Le Fou, with playwright Bekah Brunstetter and lyricist Rob Shapiro, that was workshopped at New Georges last spring. Julia's one-act musical, Disappeared, also with Gordon Leary, was produced at Prospect Theatre Company and received a workshop as part of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab.  You can hear her music on the internet sitcom Inconvenient Molly as well as in the score to short films featuring Josh Gad (The Losers) and Mary Louise Parker (Wing Woman.) Her dance show commission from Mark Morris dancer John Heginbothom premiered at Joe's Pub last summer.  Julia's full-orchestra score for the computer game The Judgment of Quintus was recorded by the Davenport Pops, and the game is expected for release in 2011.  A proud participant in the New Dramatists 2008 Composer Librettist Development Program, Julia was also a resident artist with American Lyric Theatre.  She received her BA in music from Yale University and her MFA from NYU Tisch's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

Pirronne Yousefzadeh’s work has been seen at The Public/Joe's Pub, Playwrights Horizons (Samuel French Festival), Soho Rep, Ars Nova (2009 & 2010 ANT Fest), HERE Arts Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Cherry Pit, Atlantic Theater School, Collective: Unconscious, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Rep, Power Plant Productions, Walnut Street Theatre, and Hangar Theatre, where she was a 2006 Drama League Directing Fellow. Pirronne received her M.F.A. in Directing from Columbia University, where she was a Shubert Presidential Fellow and Matthews Fellow. She studied with Anne Bogart, Robert Woodruff, and Brian Kulick, and directed Big Love, Fool for Love, and many devised pieces. Pirronne trained at Shakespeare's Globe in London, and graduated with a B.A. in Theatre and English Literature from Washington University. She is an Emerging Artist Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop, member of the 2011 Lincoln Center Directors Lab, affiliated artist at New Georges, member of the Old Vic New Voices Network, and an alumna of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Drama League Directors Project, and Resident Director Program at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Pirronne was invited to participate as a director in a collaboration class at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, taught by Oskar Eustis and Rinne Groff. She recently joined the faculty at Bard High School Early College, and is a teaching artist at Two River Theater Company. Pirronne continues to train in Suzuki and Viewpoints with SITI Company. www.pirronne.com

Mike Inwood is a freelance lighting designer based in New York City. Past NYMF productions include Mo Faya! (2009) and Step (2007). His recent work has been seen at HERE Arts Centre, Ars Nova’s ANT FEST, Ensemble Studio Theatre, PS122, The Brick, The Ontological Hysteric Theatre and St Mark’s Church, as well as productions with Nice People Theatre (Philadelphia) and the Utah Festival Opera. Internationally, his work has been seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), the Firehall Arts Centre and Scotiabank Dance Centre (Vancouver, Canada), L’Agora de la Danse (Montreal, Canada) and Chapter Arts Centre (Cardiff, Wales). As part of the artistic collective The Mad Ones, he designed Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (winner of multiple New York Innovative Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production of a Play). Mike holds a MFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. www.mikeinwood.com

DRD Theatricals/Anthony Francavilla (Producer)

DRD Theatricals / Anthony Francavilla (Producer) was recently described by Bloomberg News as an, “impresario.” Artistically his productions have been lauded as, “nasty, weird and uncomfortably funny” (Oliver Parker, Time Out NY) and, “thoughtful and sensitive,” (When Last We Flew, Time Out NY). His producing credits include Oliver Parker (starring John Larroquette and Johanna Day), When Last We Flew (GLAAD Media Award 2011 - Best NY Theater, 4 Stars - Time Out NY), And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes (Joe’s Pub), The Living Newspaper (Joe's Pub, American Repertory Theatre), Erotic Broadway at the Triad (starring Brenda Braxton, Nick Smoke, Jennifer Cody and John Selya), The Importance of Marrying Wells (Best Play, Theatre Web), The Fartiste (Outstanding Musical, Fringe NYC 2006), Semi-Permanent (Outstanding Solo-Show, Fringe NYC 2007), Platforms (Outstanding Choreography, NYMF 2007) and Fell (FringeNYC 2008; 4-stars, Time Out NY). Anthony is also the author of the Off-Broadway Alliance's Economic Impact Report.  Anthony spent one year as Assistant General Manager at Richard Frankel Productions and two years as Operations Manager of Atlantic Theater Company. His professional memberships include the Broadway League (Adjunct Member) and mensa. He was personally awarded the President’s Award for Academic Excellence by President Clinton and President Bush. Anthony is currently a Dean’s Fellow in Columbia University’s Theatre Management and Producing MFA Program. He aspires to take a Virgin Galactic trip to low-earth orbit.

Jack Perry(Actor)

Jack is a working actor in NY who is thrilled to be playing the title character in Jack Perry is Alive (and Dating). Recent Theatre credits include Blue Balloon at the New York Theatre Workshop, Jack Perry is Alive (and Dating) at Ars Nova and Harrison Rivers' FELL as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. Upcoming films include a supporting role in Il Giorno in Pui, an Italian Feature Film due out in December, Milk and Strawberries directed by Merva Faddoul due out early next year, and the short film Snapshots, which was an official selection of the SXSW Film Festival in 2010.  Most recent television appearances include 30 Rock and Ugly Betty. Jack completed a BA in Theatre Arts from Penn State University.