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Zack Zadek (Writer/Composer/Lyricist) is an award winning composer/lyricist, songwriter, and playwright. He has been named by Playbill as “A Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriter You Should Know”, a 2017 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, a 2017 MacDowell Fellow and a 2017 VCCA Fellow. Zack won the 2017 Weston New Musical Award for his book, music, and lyrics to DEATHLESS (dir. Tina Landau) which received its world premiere at Goodspeed Musicals this spring and was a SigWorks Finalist. Other pieces in development include, THE CRAZY ONES (dir. Sam Buntrock, The 5th Ave Theatre), THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME (dir. Jerry Mitchell), and 6 (dir. Sheryl Kaller, NYMF, London Theatre Workshop). He has been a writer-in-residence at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, The Mitten Lab, Legacy Theatre, and The Johnny Mercer Writer’s Colony and has presented concerts at The Kennedy Center by ASCAP and Lincoln Center. Zack holds a BA from NYU at The Gallatin School of Individualized Study; Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, and Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. Follow him @zackzadek or www.zackzadek.com

Jaki Bradley (Director) is a Brooklyn-based director of new plays and musicals. Recent projects: Good Men Wanted (NYSAF), Breeders (New Light Theater), Playing Hot (Pipeline Theater Company), #liberated (IRT, Ars Nova), I’ve Been to Sea Before (TONY Critic’s Pick). She has also developed and presented work with The Public, Williamstown, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Ars Nova, Arena Stage, EST and Goodspeed Musicals. As an assistant director, she has worked with Michael Greif, Leigh Silverman, Lisa Peterson, and Daniel Aukin, among others. She is a current Artist-in-Residence at Ars Nova and a former Drama League Artist-in-Residence, member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Williamstown Directing Corps, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, and U.S. Fulbright Scholar. www.jakibradley.com