Josiah Davis (he/him) is a director, choreographer, performer, designer whose work intersects expressive movement, live music, emerging technology, and ritual to breathe new life into physical storytelling. He is the Associate Artistic Director of On The Verge Theatre Company-Santa Barbara, a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellow, Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and Soul Directing Resident with the National Black Theatre. He received an MFA from Brown/Trinity Rep in Directing and a BA from UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Recent work: AMANI (NBT/Rattlestick), CLYDE’S (Alabama Shakespeare/Arkansas Rep), PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF (TheatreWorksUSA), OMAR OFFRENDUM’S LITTLE SYRIA (BAM), Asc. Director-MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (Broadway). josiahdavis.net

Emma Horwitz is a writer from New York City. Her plays have recently been supported by New Georges (2022-2023 Audrey Resident w/ Bailey Williams, Affiliated Artist), Clubbed Thumb (2022-2023 Early Career Writers Group), The Playwrights Realm (2021-2022 Writing Fellow), Williamstown Theater Festival (2020 “Playwright-in-Residence”), Two Headed Rep (Reno & Moll) & elsewhere. Her work in fiction and comix has been published by Joyland Magazine, Two Serious Ladies, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Spiral Bound, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency & elsewhere. She has held residencies with Erik Ehn’s Stillwright, Arts Letters & Numbers, and CAMP (Collaborative Arts Mobility Project), and received the 2022 Chelsey/Bumbalo Playwriting Award for The Executrix.