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Roger Q. Mason (they/them)
Author
Roger Q. Mason (they/them) was recently touted by The Brooklyn Rail as "quickly becoming one of the most significant playwrights of the decade." Their playwriting has been seen on Broadway at Circle in the Square (Circle Reading Series); Off and Off-Off-Broadway at MCC Theatre with Carnegie Hall, La Mama ETC, New York Theatre Workshop, New Group, The Fire This Time Festival, Dixon Place, American Theatre of Actors, Flea Theatre, and Access Theater; and regionally at McCarter Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, Steep Theatre, Serenbe Playhouse, Theatre Rhinoceros, Open Fist Theatre Company, EST/LA, Coeurage Theatre, Rogue Artists Ensemble, Son of Semele, and Skylight Theatre. Roger is an honoree of the Kilroys List; the Chuck Rowland Pioneer Award; the Fire This Time Festival Alumni Spotlight; and the Hollywood Fringe Festival Encore Producers Award. Mason’s films have been recognized by the British Film Institute Flare Festival, Lonely Wolf International Film Festival, SCAD Film Festival, Oscar Micheaux Film Festival, AT&T Film Award, Atlanta International Film Festival, Webby Awards, and Telly Awards. They've screened at the British Film Institute Flare Festival, Lonely Wolf International Film Festival, Inside Out Festival (Toronto), SCAD Film Festival, Hollyshorts, Outfest and Outfest Fusion, Bentonville Film Festival, Outshine Film Festival, and the Pan African Film Festival. Mason holds degrees from Princeton University, Middlebury College, and Northwestern University. They are a member of Page 73's Interstate 73 Writers Group and Primary Stages Writing Cohort, an alumnus of The Fire This Time Festival, the co-host of Sister Roger's Gayborhood podcast, and the lead mentor of the Shay Foundation Fellowship and the New Visions Fellowship. Instagram: @rogerq.mason
é boylan (they/them)
Director
é boylan (they/them) is a NYC based director, creator, and composer developing new work towards trans liberation. Past selected honors include: 2019 Trans Lab Fellow, 2019-20 MTC Directing Fellow, 2020 NAMT Musical Challenge Award, 2021 JMF Songwriter, 2021 Prospect MT Lab Commission, 2022 MTFxR Garage Artist. Currently, é serves as a member of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Directors Group and Musical Theatre Factory's Makers Cohort II, as well as a Resident Playwright at Lincoln Center Theater. www.eboylan.com
Gaven Trinidad (they/he/siya)
Dramaturg
Gaven Trinidad (they/he/siya) is a Filipinx American director-dramaturg-playwright. Their artistic work examines the intersections of social justice, race, immigration, queerness, mental health, and community. They have worked as an artist and/or as an arts administrator at 2nd Stage, The Juilliard Drama Division, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, IAMA Theatre, and National Queer Theater. Their first play LEARNING HOW TO READ BY MOONLIGHT was recognized as 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist. TCG 2021 Rising Leaders of Color; Orchard Project Greenhouse Lab Cohort Member 22-23; New York Theatre Workshop’s Community Engagement Associate and Leviathan Lab’s dramaturg-in-residence. They live with Bipolar Disorder 1, and they advocate for more empathetic representations and practices in regard to mental health and care on and off-stage. www.gaventrinidadtheatre.com
Mars Neri (they/them)
Mars Neri (they/them) is an artist and stage manager dedicated to supporting those who want to tell their personal stories and creating community through social justice oriented art. Most of their work is with the Fordham Theatre program, but they’ve also done work with Signature Theatre DC, the Song Collective, Leviathan Lab, and worked on the Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Abridged fundraiser for Stop AAPI Hate. They’re devoted to doing work that brings unheard voices and untold stories to light.
Ayla Sullivan (they/he)
ayla xuân chi sullivan (they/he) is a Black, Vietnamese, and Filipinx, non-binary, performance artist from the lands of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Nuche colonially known as Denver, CO. Harlem based, Sullivan is the inaugural New Visions Fellow of National Queer Theatre and the Dramatists Guild. Their work has been showcased at MCC Theatre, The Other Side of Silence, throughout Denver, and briefly in Dakar, Senegal. They have been published in American Theatre, The Dramatist, Playbill, Westword, and 303Magazine. They are currently developing two television series with SMAC Entertainment. Stage Credits: Jubilee for a New Vision. Screen Credits: Girls5Eva BFA: University of Colorado Boulder. MFA: Columbia University.
Han Van Sciver (they/them)
Han Van Sciver is a queer, trans, non-binary, multidisciplinary artist. Acting credits include the world premiere of “At The Wedding” at Lincoln Center, the title role in Sarah Ruhl’s “Orlando” at Williamstown Theatre Festival, and MJ Kaufman's "Galatea" in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Their solo show, “Bicycle Face,” has toured off-Broadway, Philadelphia, and New Orleans. Their full-length play, “Dragon,” was recently developed with New York Theatre Workshop. They have developed percussion scores with é boylan/Ars Nova, Storm Thomas/Baltimore Center Stage, and Hannah Corneau/Joe's Pub. MFA: Brown/Trinity Rep. www.hanvansciver.com / @rhymes.with.man
Eliana Coe (they/she)
Eliana Coe (they/she) is a storyteller, life-long student, and a multi-hyphenate theatrical practitioner who has worked in the theatre scene located on stolen Coast Salish land,--specifically the ancestral land of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Snoqualmie, Nisqually, Tulalip, Stillaguamish, and Muckleshoot people (the greater Seattle area)--both professionally and in youth productions since 2013 (The 5th Avenue Theatre (and Rising Star Project), Village Theatre, Village Theatre Kidstage, Showtunes Theatre Company, and Studio East). They are currently working towards their BFA in Drama at NYU Tisch studying with the Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Eli would like to thank the incredible queer artists and trailblazers involved in Breaking the Binary at this festival and beyond. For Syd and Phyrex.