Charlie Meyers (St. Louis, MO) is a playwright, theater maker, and stand-up comedian, as well as the Community and Strategy Lead at MaTovu, an inclusive Jewish neighborhood organization. He received an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Iowa, and is currently pursuing an MA in Theater and Performance Studies from Washington University. He majored in Theater and Jewish Studies at Smith College and has passionately pursued both paths. Prior productions include Dust and Ash, Dreams I Have About Killing My Sister, and multiple short pieces for The Q Collective, a queer theater company in St. Louis. His work explores love, death, identity, poetry, and interconnectedness.

Maiya A. Corral (she/her) is a storyteller & theatermaker from the West Coast. She has many homes and her ancestors come from many places. Currently, Maiya is nesting on land stewarded by the Council of Three Fires, otherwise known as Chicago. Mixed race, Mexican & queer, her writing explores the subterranean realms of consciousness and belonging. Her stories are rooted in complexity; tender, joyful, rage-filled, mythic and mysterious.

Her work has been developed with the neighborhood theater chicago, Definition Theater, St. Louis Shakespeare Company, Refracted Theater Co, The University of Idaho and Florida International University. Her work as a writer and director has also been recognized and developed at The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington DC.