Viviane Juguero is a playwright, researcher, actress and professor. She holds a Bachelor, Specialist, Master and Doctorate in Performing Arts from the Brazilian Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. I

Daria Miyeko Marinelli is a Japanese-Italian playwright who writes about outcasts and underdogs trying to rewrite the cultural mythology they have inherited while honoring the wildness of their hearts. Their plays include Ravenous, A Departure, Beautiful Blessed Child, and This is Not What I Expected When I Imagined a Republic.

In the 20 years Geinor has been Artistic director of Theatr na nÓg, she has written 16 plays for young audiences, including the Award winning musical ‘Eye of the Storm’ with songs written by Grammy Award winning songwriter, Amy Wadge.

Itziar Pascual (Madrid 1967) is an award-winning playwright whose work became well known during the 1990s in Spain. In 1997, for example, Las voces de Penélope (Penelope’s Voices) won second prize in the prestigious Marqués de Bradomín competition.

Georgette Kelly is a playwright with one foot in Chicago and the other in New York. Her work has been produced across the United States, and she has participated in numerous artistic residencies, including the 2020 New Visions/New Voices Festival at The Kennedy Center.

Tuna Serzedello is an Brazilian actor, director, playwright and teacher. Founder of Arthur-Arnaldo Theatre Company in 1996 (www.arthurarnaldo.com.br) and one of the coordinators of Projeto Conexões (Connections Youth Theatre Project) in Brazil (www.conexoes.org.br) since its creation in 2006.

Since her play, "Betang", was staged in Virgin Labfest 10 in the Phillippines, J-mee pursued writing plays for schools, advocacy groups, and Philippines Educational Theater Association