NGOZI ANYANWU (Playwright/Director) is a multi-hyphenated storyteller, and most recently a 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award winner. Anyanwu recently had the world premiere of her newest play Leroy and Lucy at The Steppenwolf Theatre, this fall of 2024. Previous productions include Last of the Love Letters (Atlantic Theater Company), Good Grief (Vineyard Theatre in NYC / Center Theatre Group in LA) in which she also starred, and The Homecoming Queen (sold-out world premiere run at the Atlantic Theater). Good Grief was on the Kilroys List 2016 and a semi-finalist for the Princess Grace Award, and won the Humanitas Award. The Homecoming Queen was on the Kilroys List in 2017 and was a Leah Ryan Finalist. Her play Nike… (Kilroys List 2017) was workshopped at The New Black Fest in conjunction with The Lark and The Strand Festival in conjunction with A.C.T and Space on Ryder Farm. Ngozi also has been commissioned by NYU, The Old Globe, Two River Theater, The Atlantic Theater, and Steppenwolf. Anyanwu has also received residencies from LCT3, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Space on Ryder Farm, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, The New Harmony Project, New York Stage and Film, and Page 73. She attended Point Park University (BA) and received her MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego.

ALYSSA K. HOWARD (PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER) is a NYC-based stage manager, musician, and writer. Off-Broadway (selected): The Gospel at Colonus (Little Island), Hold Me in the Water, If Pretty Hurts… (Playwrights Horizons), SUMO, Teenage Dick (Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater), Safety Not Guaranteed, Word Sound Power 2016-2021 (Brooklyn Academy of Music), What Became of Us, The Far Country (Atlantic Theater Company), Poor Yella Rednecks, Golden Shield (Manhattan Theatre Club), Public Obscenities, Wolf Play (Soho Repertory Theater), Once Upon A (korean) Time (Ma-Yi Theater Company), Nollywood Dreams (MCC Theater), for colored girls… (The Public Theater), This Like a Dream Keeps Other Time, Glass Guignol (Mabou Mines), Angel Island, The Echo Drift, The Scarlet Ibis (Prototype Festival), Lady M (Heartbeat Opera), Henry VI (National Asian American Theatre Company). Regional/Tour (selected): The Far Country (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Dog Days (Beth Morrison Projects). Education: MFA Yale School of Drama, BA Williams College. IG: @shiningatthetop.

ALEXUS JADE CONEY (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER) (she/her) is excited for you all to meet The Monsters. Off-Broadway: The Essentialisn’t (HERE Arts Center), Radio Downtown (The Civilians). Select Regional: Furlough’s Paradise (Geffen Playhouse), The Far Country, The Salvagers, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Between Two Knees (Yale Repertory Theatre), Paradise Ballroom, Soft Target, This Way to the Fire (New York Stage and Film). Shipboard: Celebrity Cruises. BA & MFA, Yale University. Love to Mom & Dad. ajconey.com

RICKEY TRIPP (CHOREOGRAPHER) Director/Choreographer: Rent (Boston Conservatory at Berklee and The Temptations Tribute.) Choreographer: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Broadway, Chita Rivera Award Nominee for Outstanding Choreography), X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (MET Opera), A Wonderful World (Pre-Broadway Tour: New Orleans, Chicago), Little Shop of Horrors (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), A Raisin in the Sun (Public Theater) Kinky Boots (Broadway at Music Circus), Rent (Signature Theatre), In the Heights (Dallas Theatre Center and Broadway at Music Circus ’19/‘25), Dreamgirls (Dallas Theater Center, Irma P. Hall Black Theater Award for Best Choreography). TV/Film: CONFLUENCE (Berlin Film Festival, Los Angeles Dance Festival-Winner), “Legs”- Vanessa Williams, Eileen (Universal Pictures, Sundance Film Festival 2023), A Thousand and One (Universal Pictures, Sundance Film Festival – U.S. Grand Jury Prize 2023), “The Roll Call: The Roots to a Strange Fruit” (National Black Theater / WNET, Emmy Nomination), “Encore!” (Disney), “It’s Quiet Uptown” (BTC Inc.). Assistant Director: Daniel J. Watts’ The Jam: Only Child (Signature Theatre, Emmy Nomination.) Associate Choreography: Hell’s Kitchen (First National Tour), Hell’s Kitchen (Broadway), The Hippest Trip (A.C.T. San Francisco), Once on This Island (National Tour 2018, Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, 2018.) He has taught Master Classes and set choreography for dance studios and schools around the world. Currently on faculty for Immersive Artist Experience. Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® Method, Certified Mentor. B.A. in Dance, San Jose State University. Jer 29:11

ANDREW BOYCE (SCENIC DESIGNER) Broadway: Dana H. Other NYC credits with New York Theater Workshop, Theater For A New Audience, Primary Stages, Lincoln Center Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, The Civilians, Roundabout Theatre Company, Vineyard Theatre, The Julliard School, Manhattan Theatre Club, among others. Regional credits with most major regional and LORT theaters across the U.S. Recent: Legacy of Light (McCarter Theatre Center), Light In The Piazza (Huntington Theatre Company), You Will Get Sick (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Opera and Dance credits with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Omaha, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, Curtis Opera, among others. Yale School of Drama. Associate Professor of Design at Northwestern. andrewboycedesign.com

GERRY RODRIGUEZ (he/him/his) most recent moments of violence include: Broadway: Appropriate, The Great Society. Off-Broadway: Grief Camp (Atlantic Theater), The Welkin (Atlantic Theater), Black No More (New Group), Boesman and Lena (Signature Theatre), Lockdown (Rattlestick Theater), Happy Talk (New Group), Oedipus El Rey (Drama Desk Nomination, The Public Theater), Kill Floor (LCT3), The Spoils (New Group), The Liquid Plain (Signature), Good Grief (Vinyard Theatre), Crackskull Row (Irish Rep), Manhood (National Black Theatre), but i cd only whisper (The Flea), Mme Le Monde (Playhouse Creatures). Regional: Murder on the Links (Two River Theater), Dial M For Murder (Two River), Seven Guitars (Two River), Ropes (Two River), Bad Jews (George Street Playhouse), Be More Chill (Two River), Absurd Person Singular (Two River), among others. A member of Unkle Dave’s Fight House and is also an actor.

MIKA EUBANKS a New York-based Costume Designer originally from the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia metropolitan area), received her MFA at the Yale School of Drama, and holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her theater design credits include Fires In The Mirror (Baltimore Center Stage/Long wharf Theatre); King Lear starring Andre De Shields (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival); Lessons in Survival: 1971 (The Vineyard Theatre); The XIXth (Old Globe); Flex (Lincoln Center Theater); Twelfth Night (Yale Rep/Classical Theatre of Harlem); Salome (heartbeat Opera); Metamorphoses (Folger Theatre); Heaux Church (Ars Nova); and The Cotillion (The Movement Theater Company/New Georges) to name a few. In Film she designed for the short film Candace, The Hulu mini series “Initiative 29”, and more recently for her first feature film Souvenir. Mika has received the Connecticut Critics Circle Award, Audelco award,a Helen Hayes nomination, and in 2022, she assisted on theTony award winning Best Musical A Strange Loop. In 2024, she became a proud member of IATSE local USA 829. mikaeubanks.com

CHA SEE made history as the first Filipino lighting designer on Broadway with Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary!. Recent credits include: (Broadway) Liberation (Off Broadway) The Least Problamatic Woman in the World (Lucille Lortel); Josh Sharp Ta-Da!(Greenwich), Trophy Boys (MCC), You Will Get Sick (Roundabout), Wet Brain (Playwrights; Obie Award). Upcoming: The Disappear (Audible Theatre); The Unknown (Studio Seaview); The Whoopi Monologues (LTC). seelightingdesign.com | @seethruuu.

MIKAAL SULAIMAN (Sound Designer) STC Debut. Broadway: Art, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, The Roommate, Enemy of the People, Doubt, Thanksgiving Play, Fat Ham, Death of a Salesman, Cost of Living, Macbeth, Thoughts of a Colored Man. Off-Broadway: Queens (MTC), Angry Alan, (Studio Seaview), Sexual Misconduct of the Middleclasses (Together/Audible), Creditors (Together/Audible), Someone Spectacular (Signature Theatre), Sabbath’s Theatre (New Group), pray (Ars Nova), The Half-God of Rainfall (NYTW), Primary Trust (Roundabout), On Sugarland (NYTW), Sanctuary City (NYTW), Fairview (Soho Rep), Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova) among others. Awards: Tony Award Nom, Drama Desk nom, Obie Award(s), Elliot Norton nom, Creative Capital Award, Henry Hewes Award(s), Theatre Bay Area Award, Audelco Award, and CTG Sherwood Award. www.mikaal.com

SIJARA EUBANKS (MMA CONSULTANT) was born in Springfield, MA, and began her martial arts journey in 2008, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Camp Springs, MD. She quickly rose through the ranks, earning her black belt in 2014 and capturing seven IBJJF World Championships along the way.
A decorated grappler, Eubanks transitioned to mixed martial arts in 2015, making her professional debut with Invicta FC. After four professional bouts, she joined the cast of The Ultimate Fighter Season 17, where she advanced to the finals. Her UFC career peaked in 2018 when she earned the #1 contender spot in the flyweight division. The following year, she moved up to bantamweight and earned “Fight of the Night” honors in 2019. Her UFC tenure ended in January 2023 after a series of injuries, at which point she shifted her focus to coaching and training. Since then, Sijara has built a career as an MMA, BJJ, and fitness coach, with plans to open her own academy in 2026. Her mission is to share martial arts with women and underserved communities, empowering them through confidence, self-defense, and personal growth. Beyond the mats, Sijara is married and a proud mother of an 8-year-old daughter. Her journey into theater began in February 2023, when she was invited to consult on a workshop with Two River Theater, expanding her reach as both a martial artist and creative collaborator.