Francesca Nicole Toledo is a Miami based theater director, actor, producer, and teaching artist. She has staged work with True Mirage, Broadway Factor, City Theater, New Theatre, Orchestra Miami, Artistic Vibes, New York Theatre Workshop ,CCE's Micro Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale's Fringe Festival and the American Laboratory Theatre. She was the former theater educator and director at Doral Academy Performing Arts High School. She is recently the Education Manager at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. She trained with the Actor's Movement Studio in NYC and holds a BFA in theater performance from Florida International University.

Nicole Odreman-Valenciano is a Venezuelan-American vocalist and instrumentalist from Miami, FL. Nicole has been involved in music directing and playing in live musicals since 2015. Previous music directing credits include Annie and Aladdin Jr. at Miami Children’s Theater (2016) and Be More Chill at Area Stage Company (2022) Nicole has played bass in Loxen Production’s 2019 and 2022 run of In The Heights at FIU and Adrienne Arsht Center respectively, as well as keys, saxophone, and flute for ASC’s Be More Chill! Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from the Oberlin Conservatory and is currently working on her Master’s degree in jazz at the Juilliard School.

Robyn Eli Brenner is so grateful to be witnessing the stage debut of this work he holds so dearly. Robyn is an Equity actor and a member of the Dramatist’s Guild, he has been writing music and lyrics ever since he began studying composition in New York City. He wrote this piece while living and acting in South Florida, and it was always the writing teams mission for it to begin its life firmly planted on a South Florida stage. As he nears his 28th birthday and 5th musical work, this piece “Brink” that he began writing when he was 23 still holds such immense meaning for him. “Barely detectable, inconsequential…”

Mackenzie Anderson is a part-time musical theatre writer and performer currently based in South Florida. Originally from Minnesota, she has degrees in both Music and Theatre from Nova Southeastern University. Songs From The Brink is her first full-length song cycle. She is so thrilled to share Songs From The Brink with everyone in this world premiere with True Mirage!