Karestin Harrison is the technical theatre director at Savannah Country Day School in Savannah, Georgia, after spending a decade at Cardinal Gibbons High School. She has worked professionally as a props artisan at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, PlayMakers Repertory Company, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. In addition to her extensive theatre experience, Karestin has contributed to the art department on the feature films Susie's Hope and The Ultimate Life , both with budgets ranging from $1.5 to $2 million. Tamara L. Honesty is Associate Professor of Scenic Design and Mabel DeVries Tanner Endowed Professor in Theatre at West Virginia University, with 25 years of teaching experience across various institutions. Her scenic designs have earned regional, national, and international recognition, including her 2022 Off-Broadway debut for The Memory Exam . She has worked as a professional scenic artist for River City Scenic and 3DX Scenic Studio, where she also served as a project manager.

In 2019, she led a student team at Kent State in painting a nearly full-scale 3D-printed replica of Pio Fedi's Liberty of Poetry for an exhibit at the Ellis Island National Immigration Museum. She has also worked as a props coordinator at Cornell University, the Human Race Theatre Company, and for numerous university productions. A proud member of Local USA 829 and United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), she currently serves as Treasurer of USITT.