OKIERIETE ONAODOWAN (BIG) is a Grammy Award-winning stage, film, and television actor known for his acclaimed performances on Broadway including originating the roles of Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning production Hamilton. Additional Broadway credits include Krogstadt in Jamie Lloyd’s production of A Doll’s House, Pierre in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 and productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Rocky. Off-Broadway work includes Hamilton at the Public, Luce, Neighbors and The Shipment. Film work includes American Fiction, Molli and Max in the Future, Generation Wrecks, Hamilton, A Quiet Place 2, The Super, Anna & The Asteroid, Person to Person and Thanks for Sharing. On television, Onaodowan recently wrapped his lauded five-season run as Dean Miller on the ABC/Shondaland “Grey’s Anatomy” hit spinoff series “Station 19.” He went on to star in the title character in AMC’s “Demascus.” Additional television credits: “Jack Ryan,” “Billions,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Robot Chicken,” “Tuca & Bertie,” “Bojack Horseman,” “She’s Gotta Have It,” “The Get Down,” “Girls,” “Ballers” and “Blue Bloods.”

AIGNER MIZZELLE (LIL) is a NYC-based multi-hyphenate creative. She earned her BFA from NYU Tisch, training with Playwrights’ Horizons Acting Studio and the Experimental Theater Wing. Aigner is grateful to have originated the role of Latrice in Douglas Lyons’ Chicken & Biscuits on Broadway. Her work in nicHi Douglas’ (pray) earned her a Lucille Lortel Award. Other Off-Broadway work includes 7 Minutes and Nina. Television work includes “Poker Face.” She is humbled and undeniably excited to further strengthen her body of work alongside these genius minds in this new work.

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.