Andrea Ambam is a performance artist and writer whose roots sprout from Cameroon. As a politically-engaged artist who believes in the art’s potential for movement building and transformative justice, Andrea's mission is to create theatrical truthtelling experiences. Currently, Andrea is a Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow, a Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Artist-In-Residence, and the Programming Manager at Level Forward where she hosts the Anthem Award-winning podcast, More To Talk About. She has developed her multi-hyphenated practice as an Artistic Fellow with Signature Theatre, a Writing As Activism with PEN America, a freelance dramaturg, an Inaugural Artivism Fellow with Broadway Advocacy Coalition, an Artist-in-Residence for Anna Deavere Smith, an EmergeNYC Fellow at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, and as a competitive public speaker/performer where she has been awarded 10 national championships including "Top Speaker in the Nation'' three times, and gone on to debate conservative pundits on live TV.  www.andreaambam.com

Tammie L. Swopes has been in the business of theatre and education for over 20 years, starting her career in theatre as an intern at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA. Tammie immersed herself in the art and business of theatre, which further inspired her work with youth, social justice, and community building. Her work with organizations such as Performing Arts Program for Youth (PAPY), The Names Project Foundation, and The Partnership for Arts in Learning inspired her move to New York City and her studies at NYU Steinhardt, where she earned an MA in Educational Theatre working/studying with some of the masters in the field, including Dorothy Heathcote, and Augusto Boal. She has since worked as a teaching artist, arts in education specialist, theatre program director, and a full-time performing arts instructor. Tammie is currently an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College and Artistic Associate for the Verbatim Performance Lab, while pursuing her doctorate in Educational Theatre (NYU Steinhardt) and continuing her own work as an artist/educator and social justice warrior.

Alicia is interested in all kinds of realms; from stage design and digital art, to directing, producing and managing shows. Her point of focus is collaboration, creating and being part of insightful, inspiring and challenging work in the fields of theater, live events, television and everything in between. Alicia is a Dominican artist proud to call herself a storyteller, excited about new work and working with new people. She is a graduate of NYU Tisch Drama’s Production and Design Studio, where she studied Scenic Design and Stage Management with a Minor in Digital Art & Design. She would like to thank Tammie for the opportunity and everyone involved for their diligence. @alicabtuk alicabtuk.me

Jhona is a studying theater artist, working in playwriting and theatrical design in both lighting and scenic, as well as indulging in self-expression through illustration. Including his lighting design for this work, he has done lighting for various new works such as “CLOWNTOWN” and “This Thing of Darkness” in MMC’s Playwriting Projects, lighting for People’s Theatre Project’s 2022 production of “We The People”, and assisting the lighting designer on MMC’s “Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play”. For playwriting, he had his short play “The Interview” produced during MMC’s Spring 2022 Playwriting Projects. He hopes to continue his journey of storytelling through writing, lighting, and any form of artistic expression he can get his hands on, as well as continue to support others in their artistic expressions through his work.

Patrick Irwin is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, sound designer, and songwriter from Minneapolis Minnesota. Patrick received his BA in Religious Studies from Montana State University and is currently in the Masters Program at NYU Steinhardt studying songwriting and music composition. R(estoration) I(n) P(rogress) is Patrick's theatre debut and he would like to thank the cast and crew for their warmth and support.

Attilio Rigotti is a Chilean performer, director, technology artist, videogame designer, and teacher. His work explores the intersection between game design, interactive technologies, and live performance. Attilio has performed, trained, taught, and developed productions around the world. Along with Orsolya Szánthó, he founded the company GLITCH, creating work that seamlessly combines digital and physical mediums with new forms of storytelling. The company’s design has been featured in collaborations with Kaki King, Mason Gross School of the Arts, MIT Music & Theatre Arts, The Harvard School, The Juilliard School, Kennedy Center and on the most recent production of Macbeth on Broadway. Their graphics and video work have been part of promotional campaigns of Broadway shows like Company, Plaza Suite, The Minutes, American Buffalo and Girl from the North Country. Attilio’s work as a director has been featured at City Lyric Opera, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, theatreC, LGPAC, NYU Tisch, Toronto Fringe, and Gamiotics Studios, and has been recognized by the New York Times, Vulture, and American Theatre Magazine. He is also a New York Theatre Workshop Artist Fellow for 2022-2023, and has twice been awarded the O-1 visa for extraordinary artistic achievement in the US, as well as the City Artists Corps Grant by the city of New York.

Jovon Outlaw is a Bronx-based (& Remote-Based), Interdisciplinary Artist. They specialize in Cinematography, Performance Art, and Writing. Currently working as a Manager, Production and Tech Op for Marvel Entertainment. Using previous experience work involves blending art mediums to create a dynamic vision. The themes of Jovon's work include showing there are more levels to people than shown on the outside, giving more voice to people who don’t have it, disability awareness, and using humor in dark circumstances.

Jovon is also a performance artist focusing on movement, improvisational theatre, and acting. They have studied a range of disciplines such as theatrical clowning, improv, acting, and etc.

Currently, starting the “60|40 Project '', where we produce, direct, shoot, and edit free to low-cost commercials for independent businesses of marginalized groups.

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Ryan L. Gosling is a Multihyphenate theater artist and Poet based in New York City, with a B.A. in Communications and African- American Studies, Ryan attributes his competitive background in speech and debate, as the catalyst for both his performative and literary achievements, affording him the opportunity to master the art of transfiguring words into extraordinary images subsequently producing new and diverse ways of exploring his voice and identity. Ryan’s Debut project BlackBoy Magic is a Short collection of poetry divulging the experiences and perspectives of a: Black, Fem, Gay, Christian coming of age. Following the author's mental and spiritual journey of using the written language to reckon with the intersections of his marginalized and marginalizing identities.

Amy is a director, choreographer, & designer whose artistic work and research is focused on investigating aesthetic spaces across the globe. As a full-time faculty member at NYU, Cordileone continues to develop innovative content for a variety of Steinhardt programs, including the NYU Youth Theatre Ensemble, Theatrix, Playlabs, and the Writers' Roundtable; additionally, she is the Editor-in-Chief for the Teaching Artist Journal (a Taylor & Francis publication). Amy’s passion for new work development led to the curation of the NYU Forum on Developing New Work for the Theatre (2013) and the Forum on Site-Specific Performance (2015). Her directing and choreography credits include: The Winter’s Tale, Peter & the Starcatcher, Comedy of Errors, Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter, Meta (premiere), The Heart Cycle (premiere), Underground: An Unauthorized Ben Folds Jam Session (premiere), Two Noble Kinsmen, Alice: Looking Glass Girl, Here... All Dwell Free, and more. Cordileone holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance from the University of California, at Irvine; she completed both her MA and PhD at NYU.

Growing up in Chicago, surrounded by a family of dapper men and stylish women, Edwina’s heart has always belonged to the world of fashion and art. It never occurred to her to do anything else and an extensive career in advertising, illustration and design developed. She kept an on-going journal of her adventures as a retail art director, shooting with models Cindy Crawford, Uma Thurmond, Jennifer Beals and Halle Berry. After moving to Atlanta, GA, she wrote short stories for her own amusement while creating advertising and marketing campaigns for the Alliance Theater Co. with Artistic Director Kenny Leon and playwrights Elton John & Tim Rice, August Wilson, Janece Shaffer and Debbie Allen. For years she waited for the one big project that would bring it all together—fashion, art, design, and storytelling—before realizing, finally, that she’d have to create the projects herself. And that's what she's been doing ever since. Long live the independent! https://edwinaowenselliott.com/