is a writer and independent producer based in Los Angeles. She recently helped to produce Boobah: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, and has written and produced short films that are in various stages of post.

She graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dramatic Writing and works at a film and television production company in addition to her indie endeavors. Jessica prides herself on having all of the world’s hardest jobs—philosopher, assistant, girl, Pisces. Her next project is a neo-noir comedy about you and all of your friends.

is a New York based writer of nonfiction and plays that examine transgression and intimacy, and a Bespoke Designer at Frank Darling NYC. She is a Goldwater Fellow and Adjunct Professor at NYU, where she is working on a memoir under advisor Jonathan Safran Foer.

Her nonfiction has been recognized by DISQUIET (shortlisted) and published in RipRap, Action, Spectacle, ANGLES Magazine, Confluence Art & Research Journal, and Roots.Wounds.Words x Carnegie Hall.

Her plays have been produced Off-Broadway at HERE Arts Center and Rattlestick Theater, developed by La Mama and Playwrights’ Center, and recognized by The O’Neill, The Kennedy Center, and Oxford University.

She is a proud co-founder of Cheers to 40.

was the Production Assistant on The Misanthrope at HERE Arts Center Off-Broadway and is a graduate of the Dramatic Writing BFA at NYU.

Brandi Powell is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer from West Virginia. A graduate of New York University, she majored in Dramatic Writing and earned a minor in producing. Her script "Heat Lightning" made the 2024 Golden List and was a Quarterfinalist for the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Her script "Holy Hell" was a Quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition as well as the Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards. She is a producer for Tenth Planet Productions, specializing in documentary and music special production.

Her projects at Tenth Planet include The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Disney+/ABC/Hulu, 2023 & 2024) and Fire Aid (2025). When she’s not trying to overtake the world, she enjoys staring lovingly at her dog, Ringo, turning her love of reading into a competition, and running half-marathons she signed up for as a joke.

is a Los Angeles-based writer from Aspen, Colorado. She wrote, directed, starred in, and produced Boohbah: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, which sold out the Asylum Theater in New York City. She is currently writing for an upcoming mini-series. In her free time, she is working on a novel and a television pilot.

During her time at NYU Tisch, where she received her BFA in Dramatic Writing, Molly wrote a feature film called “Holy Smokes” which earned her the esteemed Venable Herndon Award for Excellence in Screenwriting.

She is a proud co-founder of Cheers to 40.

is an Ethiopian-American writer and actress based in NYC. Named an “up and comer” by Broadway World, Mahalet’s writing has been produced by Project Y Theatre Company and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective.

Mahalet graduated from NYU Tisch with a BFA in TV writing. Fresh out of college, she landed a job as a writer’s production assistant on an HBO Max Limited Series. Mahalet is currently directing and starring in Little Rooms, a new short film. In her free time, Mahalet performs sketch across NYC with her comedy group: the Pencils of Color.

is a writer and dancer who was born on the exact day that Bill Clinton said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Literally the exact day.

Anyway! Her plays include Indian Princesses (2025 World Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse), Poor Queenie (2025 World Premiere at Subtext Studio), Marble Rooftop (2024 O'Neill NPC Finalist), and Angels Just Like You (2025 Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Reading).

Eliana is a current member of EST Youngblood and a proud alum of the Clubbed Thumb Early Career Writers Group. She is currently under commission at South Coast Repertory. 

www.elianatheologidesrodriguez.com

is a playwright and director from Cincinnati, Ohio. Frances has been named a National YoungArts winner, a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, published by Samuel French, and earned recognition through the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and the Overture Awards.

She has a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Frances is currently working as the writer’s assistant to Stephen Schwartz and Lindsey Ferrentino on a new musical, The Queen of Versailles (Broadway 2025).

She is also working as the writer’s assistant for an upcoming animated movie at Warner Bros.

https://www.frances-timberlake.com/