Kate Bredeson is a theater historian, a director, and a dramaturg. Her published works includes the book Occupying the Stage: Theater of May ’68,essays in numerous collections.

Darragh McKeon grew up in the Irish Midlands and lives in New York. He is an award-winning theater director who has directed 25 productions throughout Europe and the United States. His debut novel, All That Is Solid Melts into Air—a New York Times Editor’s Choice—was translated into seven languages and received numerous literary awards. He has written for BA Magazine, the Independent, the Irish Times, the Irish Examiner, and the Kenyon Review. At the Dora Maar House, he is working on his second novel, The Country They Call Life. 

Ella Hickson is an award-winning playwright whose work has been performed throughout the UK and abroad. Her most recent show ‘Oil’ opened at The Almeida Theatre in October 2017. She is developing new work for The National Theatre, The Old Vic and Manhattan Theatre Club.

John Jesurun is a playwright, director, and media artist. Since 1982 he has created text, direction, and design for more than 30 pieces, including the 61 episodes of Chang in a Void Moon; Everything that Rises Must Converge; Snow; and the media trilogy Deep Sleep/White Water/Black Maria. Fellowships include the National Endowment of the Arts, MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, Asian Cultural Council, and Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Past projects include Faust~How I Rose at BAM; Philoktetes at Soho Rep and at Kyoto Performing Arts Center with Hideo Kanze; Stopped Bridge of Dreams at La Mama; the Jeff Buckley video “Last Goodbye”; and Harry Partch’s opera Delusion of the Fury at Japan Society. Distant Observer, a collaboration with Takeshi Kawamura, premiered at La Mama in March 2018. Jesurun was also a Dora Maar fellow in 2011.

Mona R. Washington is a playwright dedicated to writing from the center of the margins. Her recent work includes The Rider.