Elijah Vazquez is an Orlando based playwright who graduated from Niagara University with a B.F.A in Theatre Performance. Some previous experience with playwriting includes several readings, publications, productions and completing an advanced playwriting independent study course focused on the dramatic form, the Theatre of the Absurd. He has taken many philosophy classes that influenced his writing as well, along with a theatre criticism classes which he analyzed and commented on many theoretical manifestos from Brecht to Grotowowkis to Hugo to Esslin, which helped shape his thoughts about the essence of theatre and the manner on how to construct plays. All he wants is to provide glimmers of hope, wherever it may be.

Elena Velasco (she/ella) is a theatre artist whose work encompasses performance, production, activism and education. During her 25 year career she has devoted her time equally between performance and residency work. She teaches and creates theatre through the lens of community engagement and education throughout the DC metro area. Ms. Velasco is the Artistic Director and Co-founder of Convergence Theatre, a multidisciplinary performance collective that creates work centered on social justice, grounded in decolonized, consensus-organized processes and structures. Her directing and choreography credits include Convergence Theatre, Synetic Theater, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Adventure Theatre, Keegan Theatre, Imagination Stage, Mead Theatre Lab, Young Playwrights’ Theater, Capital Fringe, Source Theatre, Discovery Theater, Catholic University and the Kennedy Center’s New Visions New Voices Festival. She has choreographed for Avant Bard, Theatre J, Mosaic Theatre Company, and Keegan Theatre. Ms. Velasco has been a member of SAG/AFTRA and AEA, and has performed at the Kennedy Center, Theatre Alliance, NextStop Theatre, Discovery Theatre, Imagination Stage, and in several films, commercials, and TV shows. She currently serves as the Co-Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Access for the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, on the advisory board of Carpe Diem Arts, and has been a featured speaker for Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Montgomery College, and Theatre Washington. Ms. Velasco is the theatre production coordinator and professor of theatre at Bowie State University. www.elenavelasco.net www.convergencetheatre.org UPCOMING: The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful, Keegan Theatre (July 2022); On the Wings of a Mariposa, Adventure Theatre MTC (September 2022)

Kristen Joy Lintvedt is a dramaturg and actor based in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2021, she graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a degree in Theatre Performance. From 2019-2021, Kristen served as a dramaturg for the IWU Theatre Guild, providing handbooks for mainstage productions including Pride and Prejudice (2019), Ajax (2020), and Romeo and Juliet (2021). Additionally, she has spent three summer seasons as an actor at the Hoosier Shakespeare Festival. This fall, Kristen will be continuing her education in Essex, England for two years as she pursues an MFA in Acting at the University of Essex's East 15 School of Acting. Kristen is so grateful to Transformation Theatre Inc. for the opportunity to explore the intricacies of Belonging Without Strings with such a talented team of artists.

Kevin Mark Glotfelty is a Filmmaker and Camera Utility working in the Atlanta area. His last work “Kali” (2019) a modern horror short, premiered at the Southern Maryland Film Festival and has played at gatherings all across the nation. Kevin in his spare time enjoys taking part in local theater both on and off the stage. He is ecstatic to be working with Transformation Theater.