Spencer Whale is a Brooklyn-based director and playwright focused on developing subversive new works and unearthing fresh, queer readings of classics. Most recently, he was Assistant Director on Broadway’s Lempicka, directed by Rachel Chavkin. Upcoming projects include Vile Isle at the Tank and Kin for Making Our Space Theatre Co. He received his MFA from Columbia, where he studied under Anne Bogart, whom he assisted on SITI Company’s farewell tour revival of The Medium. Productions at Columbia included his original play Cuck, Cuck, Bull; Justin Halle’s Vile Isle and Cowgirl; The Two Noble Kinsmen; and Vanya: An Active Analysis Workshop. He’s a past Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club, Directing and Producing Fellow at City Theatre, and Lab Company director at the Hangar Theatre. Other favorite productions include Sam Morrison’s Hello, Daddy! for Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival; LUNGS, Fun Home, Big Fish, and Quentin Crisp: The Last Word in Pittsburgh; and Titus Andronicus and subculture at Cornell. Spencer has also worked with the Pittsburgh Public, Quantum, and Kinetic Theaters; Pittsburgh CLO; Hiawatha Project; and THE TRIP.

Yichen Zhou is a theatre designer working mostly with lighting and scenic. Recent credits include: Invasive Species (Vineyard Theatre; The Tank); The Thin Place (Chester Theatre Company); Vile Isle (The Tank); The Far Country (Yale Rep); The Rasa Project (National Sawdust); Marys Seacole, Ghosts, Furlough’s Paradise, Twelfth Night (Yale). Website: www.zhouyichen.design | Instagram: @yichen.zhou.design

Michael Lewis is a scenic designer for theatre and opera. He earned his Master of Fine Arts from the Department of Design for Stage and Film at New York University/Tisch School of the Arts. Recent productions include set design for Orpheus in the Underworld at Manhattan School of Music, Dialogues des Carmelites and Florencia en el Amazonas at Eastman Opera Theatre, and a double bill of Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi at NYU/Steinhardt. Broadway credits include associate set design for Days of Wine and Roses at Studio 54, and upcoming associate set design for English at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Michaelbennettlewis.com

Marianne CD Needell is a Brooklyn-based designer and NYC native who has worked as a fashion designer in NYC since 2014. She is currently a freelance designer working on a variety of projects for companies both small and large. While her principal focus is fashion, she has a history in costume design, which began in high school and continued through her time at Cornell University. Most recently, she has costumed productions at Columbia University, including new works, Cuck, Cuck, Bull (Dir. Spencer Whale) and Vile Isle (Dir. Spencer Whale) and the classic Far Away (Dir. Samuel Gibbs). Her city upbringing exposed her to a plethora of styles and artistic expressions and a life of subway riding has trained her as a keen observer. Her costume design work filters those observations through a fashion lense. She views costume design as an essential world building tool and strives to create costumes that enhance both actor and performance. Her creative passion extends beyond textiles to include graphic design, figurative sculpture and running TTRPGs. @marianne.makes

Evdoxia Ragkou holds an MFA in sound design from the School of Drama at Yale and is an East Coast-based composer and sound designer. She has worked in venues such as TheaterWorks Hartford, Rattlestick Theater, Yale Repertory Theater, Weston Theater Company, Audible (Asst.), Playwrights Horizons (Asst.), and 59E59 (Asst.). She has also written music for dance and film. https://evdoxiaragkou.com/

Charley Layton (BFA Drama NYU, BA Linguistics Brooklyn College) is a professional speech/dialect coach (recently: The Who’s Tommy, Beetlejuice, Ain’t Too Proud, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Kinky Boots, Escape to Margaritaville, and Jersey Boys). He is a faculty member of the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School www.charleylayton.com

Leana Gardella is a Fight Director, Intimacy Director, and Performer based in NYC. Select Credits: The Devil Wears Prada the Musical at the Nederlander in Chicago (ID), Our Class at BAM and CSC (ID/FD), Belfast Girls at Irish Repertory Theatre (FD/ID), Marie It’s Time at HERE Arts Center (ID/FD), Richard III with Soho Shakespeare Company (FD), Sway at The Flea Theater (FD), macbitches at the Chain Theatre (FD). www.leanagardella.com

Isabel is thrilled to be part of the KIN team! Broadway: Leopoldstadt, Diana. Off-Broadway/NYC: Medusa (NAMT), Scarlett Dreams (Greenwich House), Amid Falling Walls (NYT Folksbiene), SWAY (The Flea), Sandra (Vineyard Theatre), Like the Wind (Soho Playhouse & The Brick), Walk On Through: Gavin Creel at the Met (Met Museum), I Put A Spell On You (BC/EFA), Public Theater, ElsieFest.