Aria Velz is a director and producer born and raised in NOVA. Recent directing credits include The Last Five Years at NextStop Theatre Company, Kim's Convenience and The Brothers Paranormal at Olney Theatre Center, A Bright Room Called Day at Nu Sass Productions, and The Cake at Prologue Theatre/NextStop Theatre Company. Aria was an Allen Lee Hughs Fellow at Arena Stage, a Resident Director at 1st Stage, and she is the National New Play Network Producer in Residence at Theater Alliance, where she is also Associate Artistic Director.

Emily Baltzer is a D.C. based pianist, coach, and music director, comfortable in both opera and musical theater settings. Emily’s recent work features her work as Music Director for IN Series Opera (DC); Music Director for the Ader Emerging Artists at Charlottesville Opera; assistant conductor and chorus master at Charlottesville Opera; coaching faculty for the Fletcher Opera Studio at UNCSA; Adjunt Faculty for VCU Opera; and coaching faculty at the WNO Opera Institute. Her commitment to vocal arts has taken her throughout the US, working with companies including Utah Festival Opera, Dallas Opera, Portland Opera (OR), and Red River Lyric Opera. Emily holds a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from the University of North Texas, with a minor in early music, where she worked as the teaching assistant to the opera department; she also holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from University of Northwestern--St. Paul.

Zachary Leo Harris is a Maryland-based musical theater lyricist, book writer, and 5th Grade Teacher. He holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park, in both Theatre and African American Studies and a degree in Elementary Education. As a lyricist and librettist, he is currently working on a new musical titled THE IN-BETWEEN (EAT New Works Reading 2022, O’Neill Semi-Finalist 2023, SheNYC Summer Theater Festival Semi-Finalist 2022, and Monumental Theatre Company 2026) with Sasha Bartol. He has studied bookwriting & lyric writing with Sam Carner. GO TERPS and SKOL VIKINGS!

Sasha Bartol is a New York City-based composer, music director and copyist. She has held almost every role that exists on music teams across numerous developmental readings, workshops, and productions. As a composer, she is currently working on various other projects including a a Frankenstein adaptation with Jeffrey Morse, and an untitled new musical with Hailey Kragelj. Select credits: Twelfth Night (The Delacorte Theater - Music Supervisor/Copyist), KPOP (Broadway - Score Manager/Copyist), Beetlejuice (Broadway - Music Assistant), Goddess (The Public Theater - Music Associate). 2024 Writer-in-Residence at the Tyrone Guthrie Center. B.M in Music Composition, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music. sashabartol.com