 Jon Dorf is a Los Angeles-based playwright, screenwriter and script consultant, whose plays have been produced in more than two-thirds of the states in the US, as well as abroad. He is Co-Chair of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights and the Resident Playwriting Expert for Final Draft and The Writers Store. He formerly directed the theatre program at The Haverford School, and spent three years at Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory as playwright-in-residence. He holds a BA in Dramatic Writing and Literature from Harvard College and an MFA in Playwriting from UCLA. JON DORF'S WEBSITE |
 Ed Shockley, MFA is author of more than fifty plays. His works have set five box office records and been honored with numerous awards, including the Stephen Sondheim Award for Outstanding Contributions to American Musical Theatre and PA State Arts Council Playwrights Fellowship. He has received commissions for youth theatre plays from Seattle Children's Theatre, Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Dallas Children's Theatre, Black Spectrum Theatre and the Harlem Renaissance Theatre. His historical short film, Stone Mansion, is currently available through Showtime on Demand television. ED SHOCKLEY'S WEBSITE |
 Matt Buchanan is a New England-based professional playwright and composer specializing in theatre with and for young people. His plays and musicals have been performed across the United States and in several foreign countries. He is also an accomplished stage and music director, as well as a performing musician. He was a founding member of the Boston rock band System Underload. Matt has a BA in Music from Harvard College and an MFA in Child Drama from the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves as Theater Director at St. Luke's School in Connecticut. MATT BUCHANAN'S WEBSITE |