Playwright - Monica et Paule

JOSE SEBASTIAN ALBERDI is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from sunny San Diego. Writing developed with: the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (National Playwrights Conference), MacDowell (Fellowship), Page 73 (Fellowship, Writers’ Group), Clubbed Thumb (Early Career Writers’ Group), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Youngblood), Colt Coeur (Company Member, Residency), The Orchard Project (Greenhouse Lab, Episodic Lab, Homegrown x Sony TV Lab), Fresh Ground Pepper (BRB Eco-Week), South Coast Repertory (Pacific Playwrights Festival, Elizabeth George Commission, NewSCRipts), Denver Center for the Performing Arts (New Play Summit), the Huntington Theatre Company (Dream Boston), Exquisite Corpse Company (Writers’ Lab), Lambda Literary (Retreat) and more. @milk_jello on Instagram.

Playwright - The Dip

EMILY ZEMBA is a Brooklyn-based playwright, screenwriter, and producer hailing from Old Lyme, Connecticut. Plays include Stories, Collected(Panndora Productions), Superstitions (The Pool 2021, OKC Rep), The Strangers Came Today (SOCIETY), Deer and the Lovers (First Floor Theater). Her work has been developed with support from places like New York Stage and Film, Boston Court Pasadena, Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Poland), Two River Theater, Local Theater, Rattlestick Theater, and more. Emily is an affiliated artist with New Georges and The Playwrights Center, and a member of Society Theatre Company. She is an adjunct at Manhattanville University. BA: Sarah Lawrence; MFA: Yale School of Drama | emilyzemba.com

Playwright - Something Different

PADRAIC LILLIS is the Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. He was The Humana Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence at Centre College. His plays are published with Dramatists Play Services. He won Best Short film at the Milan International Film Festival for his film Hand Over Hand. His award-winning film, Get To Eleven, based on his solo show that addresses mental health, suicide ideation, and recovery aired on PBS. He is a member of the Labyrinth Theater Company, and alumni of the Drama League Directors Project, and a lifelong Yankee fan.

Playwright - Carte Blanche

BRENDAN GEORGE is a writer, actor, and producer based in New York City. He received a Drama Desk Award nomination in 2024 for his solo show A Eulogy For Roman following an Off-Broadway run at 59E59 Theaters and a world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe. Additional theatre includes Bleach (Wilson Lounge), The Crisis Actor (Laurie Beechman Theatre), Capricorn 29 (Post Theatrical, CyberTank), and new works development at FringeNYC, The Flea Theater, Teatro LATEA, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Film/TV: The Wrath Of Othell-Yo! (Tribeca Film), Youthful Pleasures (upcoming). BA: Brown University; MFA: NYU Tisch Graduate Acting.