Matthew Freeman is a Brooklyn-based playwright. He is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and New Dramatists alum. 2021 Kesselring Prize recipient. His work has played at various and sundry independent stages in New York, including The Brick Theater, St. Mark’s Church, House of Yes and The Access. His plays and monologues have been published by Samuel French, Playscripts, Applause, Smith & Kraus. Plays include Silver Spring, Why We Left Brooklyn, Brandywine Distillery Fire, The Listeners, That Which Isn't, When Is A Clock, Glee Club, and The Death of King Arthur. Freeman’s audio projects have been a part of the HearNow Festival, Atlanta Fringe Radio and Active Listening at New Dramatists. Freeman’s podcasts include Back at the Start, Places I Have Heard Voices and Predictions. Freeman is a graduate of Emerson College. www.matthewfreemanwriter.com

Scott is a New York based director of theatre who specializes in new plays and musicals and reinventing classics. He was the director of the Off-Broadway premier of Max Vernon’s “The View UpStairs” which was nominated for Lortel and Drama Desk Awards for best new musical, and an Audelco Award for best director. Other credits include: Dan Marshall, Becca Blackmore and Julian Blackmore’s “The Peculiar Tale of the Price of Bohemia and the Society of Desperate Victorians” (Goodspeed Opera House), Briandaniel Oglesby’s “Small Steps” (Portland Center Stage), Bobby Cronin and Crystal Skillman’s “Concrete Jungle” (DDM Procutions), Jordan Seavey’s “Children At Play” (Collaboration Town), “Explorers” Concert (NYMF), Anne Carson’s “Orestes” (Miller Theatre), Kari Bentley-Quinn’s “Paper Cranes”, Andrew Lippa’s “Wild Party” (Post Theatre), Joshua Conkel’s “America You Kill Me”, Alejandro Morales’s “the silent concerto” (FringeNYC Best Director) and “expat/inferno” (FringeNYC Best Production). He was Artistic Associate at Classic Stage Company, Literary Associate at Tectonic Theatre, and founder of Packawallop Productions. MFA Columbia University. www.scottebersold.com