BOOK

Michelle Davis is a writer and comedian currently working on the late night show, After Midnight, on CBS. She’s written on Seasons 1 and 2 of the sketch/variety series Ziwe (A24/Showtime), and starred in multiple sketches that she wrote. Michelle wrote for Season 3 of the HBO series, A Black Lady Sketch Show, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing For a Variety Series in 2022. She is Black, graduated from NYU with a double major in Acting and Politics, and her favorite cycling instructor calls her “fun!” (He also sometimes calls her “Mikaela” and she is too polite to correct him.)

MUSIC & LYRICS

Alex Ratner is a composer, music director and arranger, who music directed the Off-Broadway runs of I Love My Family, But… (Soho Playhouse) and The Magnificent Seven (Theatre Row). Other credits include: War Paint (Broadway), Far From Heaven (Playwrights Horizons; Williamstown), and The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage). Alex is a member of the BMI Workshop, and winner of BMI's Jerry Harrington Award, and the Jean Banks Award for his 10-minute musical, Salad Days. As an arranger, Alex adapted the score of Children of Eden, JR. for Music Theatre International (MTI), where he works as a consultant. B.A.: Yale.  alexratnermusic.com

DIRECTOR

Nikki DiLoreto is an LA/NYC-based director, producer, and performance coach with experience on Broadway, The West End, and around the country. Recently she was the Associate Director on the global hit SIX: The Musical. She has over a decade of experience developing new work and reviving classic stories for a modern audience. She has directed, developed, and produced work with Roundabout Theatre Company, The Public Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, IAMA Theatre Company, Circle X Center Theatre Group, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Fresh Ground Pepper, among others. @nikdi on instagram nikkidiloreto.com