Mary Louise Wilson (Playwright) was given Obie and Drama Desk Awards in 1998 for her portrayal of Diana Vreeland in Full Gallop Off Broadway. She is the author of My First Hundred Years in Show Business, which has recently been published by Overlook Press. She just finished playing Letitia Primrose in On the Twentieth Century on Broadway. Her other recent Broadway performances include Fraulein Schneider in the revival of Cabaret, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, and, as Big Edie, the musical Grey Gardens, for which she won the Tony. For her performance as Vera in Lincoln Center Theater’s 4000 Miles two seasons ago she won an Obie. Her other notable Off Broadway work includes the play Bosoms and Neglect by John Guare (Signature Theatre Company) and The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed (New York Theatre Workshop). Wilson’s recent television appearances include “The Sopranos,” “Louie,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Devious Maids,” and “Mozart in the Jungle.” Her film work includes Klute, Green Card, She-Devil, Pet Sematary, The Money Pit, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Zelig, Nebraska, and The Humbling with Al Pacino. Wilson is the subject of a documentary from filmmaker Ron Nyswaner called She’s the Best Thing in It, which is currently making the rounds of film festivals. Full Gallop, published by Dramatists Play Service, continues to be produced in cities all over Europe and South America as well as in the United States. Theatrical Haiku, a collection of short plays, is also published by Dramatists Play Service. She has written articles for The New Yorker and The New York Times.

Sean Fanning (Scenic Design) is a Southern California-based scenic designer with a career spanning over 40 productions on local stages. His previous Globe credits include the Globe for All tour of All’s Well That Ends Well, A Doll’s House, Kingdom, and Plaid Tidings – A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid. His credits with the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. Program include Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His other recent credits include Everybody’s Talkin’: The Music of Harry Nilsson, Honky (Craig Noel Award nomination), In the Heights,and Walter Cronkite is Dead. (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Dogfight, The Whale, Sons of the Prophet, Pageant, Maple and Vine, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, and Shakespeare’s R&J (Cygnet Theatre Company), South Pacific, Jane Austen’s Emma, and Little Shop of Horrors (Summer Repertory Theatre), and The Improv at Harrah’s and Menopause The Musical (Harrah’s Las Vegas). Fanning holds an M.F.A. in Scene Design from San Diego State University.

Robert J. Aguilar (Lighting Design) most recently designed John Baxter is a Switch Hitter and The Children’s Hour (Intiman Theatre Festival), Jasper in Deadland (The 5th Avenue Theatre), Lizard Boy (Seattle Repertory Theatre), and Three Sisters (The Seagull Project). His other regional credits include Angels in America (Intiman), Little Shop of Horrors (5th Avenue/A Contemporary Theatre), Seven Spots on the Sun (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Dear Elizabeth, The Vaudevillians, Bo-Nita, I Am My Own Wife, Of Mice and Men, The K of D, and boom (Seattle Rep), Trails (Village Theatre), The Lady with All the Answers (A Contemporary Theatre), and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Seattle Children’s Theatre). He also designed Next to Normal, The Yellow Wood, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Zanna Don’t! for Contemporary Classics, where he is the managing director. He is also the lighting associate for Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Brian Meister (Assistant Director) has worked on a variety of productions since graduating from New York University, including the Broadway productions of Julius Caesar, Dracula, Hollywood Arms, The Rocky Horror Show, Royal Court Theatre’s The Weir, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Once Upon a Mattress, Crazy for You, City of Angels, Metamorphosis, Noises Off, Private Lives, The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Good, The Little Foxes, West Side Story, Shirley Bassey On Broadway, Wings, Lily Tomlin’s Appearing Nitely, The Merchant, and Hello, Dolly! His Off Broadway credits include Lady Day, Falling, I Love You Because, Bring in the Morning, Program for Murder, Modigliani, and The Mother of Us All. Meister’s extensive touring and regional credits include Viva La Vida, Dinner, Little Shop of Horrors, Meet Me in St. Louis, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Forbidden Broadway, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Rothschilds, A Christmas Carol, The Boy Friend, Gross Points, Noël and Gertie, and You Never Can Tell. For The Metropolitan Opera his stage management credits include La Bohème, Four Saints in Three Acts, Dido and Aeneas, and Phèdre. His work for Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center includes Play Strindberg, People Are Living There, The Duplex, The Ride Across Lake Constance, The Crucible, and Mary Stuart.