Nana Dakin (นานา เดกิ้น) is a queer Thai American director of new work, classics and devised performance based in NYC. Her work pursues social equity by examining the way culture is constructed and unsettling dormant biases. She is the first Thai theatre director to direct at the Royal Court Theatre in London and in NYC her work has been presented and developed at Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater Company, Bedlam, The Civilians, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Ma-Yi Theater Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, The Playwrights Realm, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Soho Rep and more. www.nanadakin.com

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Chika Shimizu is a Theatrical Set Designer based in New York City. Regionally she has worked with Yale Repertory Theatre (CT Critics Circle Award Nom), Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Signature Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Geva Theatre, and Paper Mill Playhouse. In New York Chika has worked with WP Theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre, The Barrow Group, and Epic Theatre Ensemble. Her scenic design credits proudly include “Salesman之死 ” (2023) and “Romulus The Great” (2018) for Yangtze Repertory Theatre. chikashimizu.com

Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin (they/she) is a writer, performer, educator, and new work advocate. Kaela's plays include Call Out Culture (2022 O'Neill NPC Finalist, 2021 NADIA Festival, 2019 Ars Nova’s ANTFest), High School Coven (2023 Strand Theatre Baltimore Production, 2017 Corkscrew Festival), Harpers Ferry 2019 (2022 Know Theatre of Cincinnati production, 2021 Kendeda finalist), Tiger Beat (2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2021 Seven Devils Conference finalist), and The Well-Tempered Clavier (2020 BAPF finalist, 2019 Paul Stephen Lim Award.) Kaela has received six Kennedy Center awards and has developed work with the Alliance Theater, Gingold Theatrical Group, Exquisite Corpse Company, The Road’s Under Construction Lab, the Coop’s Clusterf*ck, Playground-NY, and Pipeline Theater Company’s Playlab. Commissions include work with EST/Sloan, Montana Repertory Theater, Luna Stage, and College of the Holy Cross. Garvin is the Tank’s 2022 & 2023 Pridefest curator and a founding member of Undiscovered Countries, a Brooklyn-based incubator of new interdisciplinary art. They worked on staff at the Sewanee Writers Conference and as the BAPF Season 45 Play Selection Advisor at the Playwrights Foundation. Kaela has taught playwriting at Cornish College of the Arts, Freehold Theatre, and Indiana University. They currently work as the Programming Associate for the Tank NYC and the Literary Manager for Luna Stage in New Jersey. www.kaelameishinggarvin.com

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Đavid Lee Huỳnh is a first-generation Việt-American artist based in New York City. His Off-Broadway credits include the critically acclaimed six hour revival of Shakespeare's Henry VI (NAATCO), Once Upon A (korean) Time (Ma-Yi Theatre Company), The Merchant of Venice (Theatre for a New Audience/Shakespeare Theatre), No-No Boy and The Emperor’s Nightingale (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre). His television/film credits include starring in the official Dungeon and Dragon actual play series 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, Blue Bloods, FBI, Solitary, and Children of the Dust. His voiceover career includes credits on "Star Wars: The Battle of Jedha", "Minecraft: The Shipwreck", and Tom Hanks' debut novel "The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece." TEDx Speaker: “Asian Enough?” Founding member of The Sống Collective, an organization devoted to the artistic growth and development of the Việt diaspora in America. MFA: University of Houston Professional Actor Training Program | www.davidleehuynh.com