CAREY PERLOFF (Director) is a director, playwright, producer and educator who was the Artistic Director of American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco from 1992- 2018 and of CSC Repertory in New York from 1986-1992. At A.C.T., Perloff staged eleven of Stoppard’s plays with the playwright in residence, and dozens of reimagined classics and new plays. Perloff directs and writes for theaters across America. Recent work includes Cherry Orchard and Waste at Marin Theater, Leopoldstadt at the Huntington and Shakespeare Theater DC, The Lehman Trilogy at the Huntington and Repertory Theater of St. Louis, and Home? at SF Playhouse and 59E59. Her play Vienna Vienna Vienna just premiered at Six Points in St. Paul. She is the author of BEAUTIFUL CHAOS: A LIFE IN. THE THEATER (City Lights Press 2015) and PINTER AND STOPPARD: A DIRECTOR’S VIEW (Bloomsbury 2022). Upcoming: Oedipus: King/Colonus at Playmakers. Careyperloff.com

JAMES ARD (Sound Designer) is a noisemaker specializing in new works. His designs include collaborations with Under the Radar at The Public Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater, and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Internationally, his work has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania. He has taught, advised, and collaborated with students at Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, and Saint Mary’s College of California. Ard is a Resident Artist with both Golden Thread and Crowded Fire Theater, where he frequently contributes to innovative and socially engaged performances.