Billy Bates (Anyone) is a transfemme nonbinary person born in Evanston, IL and raised here in New York City. They graduated from Colorado College in 2022 with a BA in Theater. Besides acting, Billy is a film photographer interested in moving light and painting with film. Inspired by artists such as photographer Saul Leiter, filmmaker Marie Menken, and sculptor Isamu Noguchi, as well as the aesthetics of Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, and Cy Twombly, Billy applies these approaches primarily to concert photography with improvised no-flash long and double exposures. They are also obsessively interested in 20th and 21st century music history and speculative fiction. They try to put all this mess into their acting without trying too hard to act. It’s a perpetual work in progress, and they love you. And hey look up those people mentioned above! It’s good for you!

Lydia Sims (The One) is extremely lit to be a part of this project. Previous acting credits include: How To Make Friends & Kill Them, HIR, and Gertie & Alice. Lydia is a recent graduate of Sarah Lawrence College where she spent a semester studying at The National Theatre Institute. At those places, she learned really helpful things like Chekhov and how to embody an egg frying on the ground. When she is not acting she is usually swimming, talking, eating, and dancing. Find me at lydiacsims.com! 

Naomi Jackson (Someone) was born from an egg after her father Venasaur met her mother Ditto in daycare. She’s been nominated for two Broadway World awards for her work with FUSE Theater Ensemble in Portland, Oregon. Her Instagram is @jaomi.nackson and her Venmo is @nalthea, just in case you wanted to kick her a couple bucks.

KCA (The First Teller) is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. 

Naomi Schiller (Producer) is an arts administrator and producer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently the administrative associate for the props department at the Metropolitan Opera and recently produced Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California by Chloe Xtina in collaboration with The Tank. She was the Company Management Fellow for Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s ‘21-’22 season. Her experience also includes music video producing and script supervision as well as stage management, wardrobe coordination, costume design, and event facilitation with Berkeley Playhouse, Oakland Theater Project, and the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. She graduated from Occidental College with a degree in sociology and gender studies.

Isabelle Smith (Playwright, Producer) is a game developer, playwright, and educator based in Brooklyn. She is currently in her first year of NYU’s game design MFA. She received her BA from UCLA’s theatre program, specializing in playwriting and arts education. Her fiction writing can be found in the Living Room Zine. She is the developer of Swallowed by the Subway and The Happiest Place to Give Birth, which you can play at imissmywisdomteeth.itch.io. 

Eliana Gershon (Stage Manager, Assistant Director) is thrilled to be a part of this wonderfully wacky and poignant project. Eliana’s most recent theatrical experience includes directing for the musical theater showcase at Hunter College, puppeteering a squirrel in an original play (also at Hunter College), and studying Meisner technique at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Acting this past summer. She also loves reading and writing poetry. Above all, Eliana believes in the profound power of theater to help us find meaning in the little connections we make with one another every day. 

Alex Wilensky (Costume Designer) is a gender-fluid nonbinary person born and raised in Los Angeles, California. From 2017 to 2021 they lived and went to school in Asheville, NC before moving to New York and attending Brooklyn College. They plan to transfer to fashion school in the upcoming fall semester. Alex is a writer, a tattoo artist, and above all else, a designer. Their main medium is crochet. They focus on large intricate handmade pieces that take up to a year to make, meant to give the maker and viewer a better understanding and appreciation for the hands behind every piece of clothing. They are immensely inspired by the marriage of revolution, storytelling, and fashion as exemplified by artists like Miguel Adrover, Allison Schulnik, and Eva Hesse. Alex’s main goal is activism through fashion design as they hope to help transform an industry that desperately needs it.

Erin Gray (Director) is a director and interdisciplinary artist from Berkeley, California. She received her BA from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television with a minor in art history. Erin loves to work on strange new work. Recent directing credits include Between Lightning and Thunder by Colette Shaw, Push Pull by Evelyn Coffey, I Build Giants by Ryan Stevens, and Galatea by Jacob Menke. Erin is fond of puppets, messy and tactile performances, site specificity, and collage. In New York, Erin works supporting productions at theaters including Performance Space New York, Target Margin Theatre, Stairwell Theater, and Mabou Mines. She is the creator of The Living Room, a collaborative zine and art collective.