Christina Pumariega ¡VOS! was developed at Ojai Playwrights Conference, and is a recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Other plays include JOAN DARK (Colorado New Play Summit), HARBOR GIRLS and HER MATH PLAY (EST/Sloan Grant). An O’Neill NPC finalist for the last three years, Christina’s work has been developed at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, the New Harmony Project, the Lark, New Georges, Hartford Stage Company and Ammunition Theatre Company. She is currently under commission with the Denver Center and Two River Theater, and will attend Hedgebrook in fall 2025.

TV writing credits include “Turner & Hooch” (Disney+) and “Bluff City Law” (NBC).

Acting on and Off-Broadway and in television and film, Pumariega has cross examined Coach Taylor, made out with the Fly and set a Cuban pharmacy ablaze in a corset. MFA,  NYU Graduate Acting Program. www.christinapumariega.com

Nicole A. Watson is a freelance director and educator. Credits include the world premieres of Kevin R. Free’s Night of The Living N-Word, Johnna Adams’ World Builders (CATF), and the opera Approaching Ali (Washington National Opera). She has also directed productions of The Great Society (Asolo Rep)  Our Lady of Kibeho (Smith College), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (North Carolina School of the Arts), and The Mountaintop (Kitchen Theater). She is a frequent volunteer with the 52nd Street Project and has worked at the Lark Play Development Center, New Dramatists, Signature Theatre, the Public Theater, Working Theater, and The Fire this Time Festival. Nicole has taught at NYU, the Tribeca Film Institute, and the St. Louis Language Immersion School. She is an alum of the Drama League, the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and the Women’s Project Directors Lab. nicoleawatson.com