Brian Quijada is an Emmy-nominated playwright, actor, and composer. His plays have been developed at The Kennedy Center, Ars Nova's Antfest, Victory Gardens' Ignition Festival, New Stage and Film's Powerhouse Festival, Pittsburgh CLO's Spark Festival, and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Musical Theatre Conference. His work for the stage includes the award-winning live-looping musical Mexodus ; the hip-hop solo show Where Did We Sit on the Bus? ; the TYA play Kid Prince and Pablo ; and the cumbia/hip-pop musical Somewhere Over the Border . Commissioning institutions include A.R.T.in Boston, 1st Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Woolly Mammoth, Hero Theatre, and The Kennedy Center. As an educator, Brian has served as an adjunct musical solo performance professor at Harvard University and has taught solo performance, social justice, verse writing, and devised theatrical looping master classes for Carnegie Mellon University, Point Park University, University of New Mexico, KCATCF, Western Washington University.

Nygel D. Robinson is a singer, actor, writer, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Chicago, IL. As a writer and composer, Nygel's credits include Mexodus ( New York Times ' Critics Pick, 3x Helen Hayes Award Winner); Santa Claus is Coming to Town at Baltimore Center Stage; and R&J: Fire on the Bayou with Kevin Ramsey. Select acting credits include Bro. Davis in The Amen Corner at Shakespeare Theatre Company, where he was also the music director; Jimmy Powers in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill at The North Carolina Theatre; Larry in Lincoln Center's concert version of Beau: The Musical ; Jesus in Godspell at Saint Michael's Playhouse; and The All Night Strut at Milwaukee Rep.