V (Formerly Eve Ensler) (she/her) is the Tony Award-winning playwright and author of the Obie Award-winning theatrical phenomenon The Vagina Monologues, (translated into 48 languages and performed in 140 countries) along with many other plays. She is the author of a number of books including her latest bestsellers The Apology (translated into more than 15 languages) and In the Body of the World, as well as the New York Times bestseller I am an Emotional Creature. She starred on Broadway in The Good Body, and most recently Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in the critically acclaimed In the Body of the World. WILD is her third production at The American Repertory Theater originating new work, following O.P.C. and In the Body of the World. During the COVID-19 pandemic she helped create That Kindness: Nurses in Their Own Words, a tribute to nurses presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music in accordance with theaters all across the country. Film credits include The Vagina Monologues (HBO) and What I Want My Words to Do to You (Executive Producer, Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award, PBS) and Mad Max: Fury Road (Consultant). She is founder of V-Day—the 23-year-old global activist movement which has raised over 120 million dollars to end violence against all women (cisgender and transgender), those who hold fluid identities, nonbinary people, girls, and the planet—and founder of One Billion Rising, the largest global mass action to end gender-based violence in over 200 countries, as well as a co-founder of City of Joy. She writes regularly for The Guardian.

A.R.T.: Debut. Justin Tranter (they/them) is one of the most in-demand songwriters, producers, and collaborators in music today, an ACLU Bill of Rights Award-winning activist, and founder of Facet Records & Facet Publishing. With over 50 million single sales, 40 billion streams on Spotify and Youtube alone, multiple diamond-certified songs, and dozens of honors including GRAMMY® and Golden Globes® nominations, 14 total BMI Pop Awards and two consecutive “Songwriter of the Year” titles at the BMI Pop Awards, Tranter has lent their talents to several of the most iconic albums in recent memory, including Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (2019), Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (2020), Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (2020), The Chicks’ Gaslighter (2020) and Selena Gomez’s Rare (2020). Across the past few years they have written regularly with some of the biggest names in music such as Demi Lovato, The Jonas Brothers, King Princess, Camila Cabello, Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, Kesha, and more, co-written two television theme songs with Shea Diamond for the HBO original shows “We’re Here” and “Equal,” appeared as a mentor on NBC’s “The Voice,” and served as the executive producer for the soundtrack to Happiest Season, the acclaimed film that smashed records as Hulu’s most-watched original movie debut ever. Tranter currently has several major film, TV, and theater projects in development.

A.R.T.: Debut. Caroline Pennell (she/her) is a 25-year-old songwriter from New Jersey. She writes pop music for artists such as Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Ava max, G-Eazy, and more. She also releases her own music under the name Carol Ades. WILD is the first theater production she has ever worked on!

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Menzel rose to fame for her role as Maureen in RENT, and her career took off when she won a Tony Award for her role as Elphaba in Wicked. She was previously seen on Broadway in the original production If/Then, for which she earned her third Tony nomination. Other theater appearances include Hair (Sheila), Encores!; Aida (Amneris), Broadway; See What I Wanna See, Public Theater; The Vagina Monologues; Skintight, Roundabout Theatre Company/Geffen Playhouse. Menzel’s voice can be heard as Elsa in Disney’s Oscar-winning Frozen, the second-highest grossing animated film of all time. The film’s song “Let It Go,” voiced by Menzel, became an instant international phenomenon, winning the Oscar for Best Original Song (where Menzel performed it at the ceremony) and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Other film/TV: Frozen 2 (Elsa), Uncut Gems, Beaches, Enchanted, RENT,  Ask the Dust, “Glee.” Recording: multiple cast albums and the solo albums Still I Can’t Be Still, Here, I Stand, idina., Holiday Wishes, Christmas: A Season of Love. Concerts, including accompaniment by world-renowned symphonies, include Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony, sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall & Radio City Music Hall, and the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIX. Philanthropy is also important to Menzel, who co-founded the A BroaderWay Foundation in 2010, dedicated to offering girls from underserved communities an outlet for self-expression and creativity through arts-centered programs.

(she/her) Diane Paulus is the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. A.R.T.: 1776, WILD: A Musical Becoming, Gloria: A Life, Jagged Little Pill, ExtraOrdinary, The White Card, In the Body of the World, Waitress (film available online, French-language production in Quebec summer 2024), Crossing, Finding Neverland, Witness Uganda, Pippin (Tony Award, Best Revival and Best Director), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Tony Award, Best Revival; NAACP Award, Best Direction), Prometheus Bound, Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera, Best of Both Worlds, The Donkey Show. Other work includes Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna, Invisible Thread at Second Stage, and the Public Theater’s Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR on Broadway and London’s West End. As an opera director, her credits include The Magic Flute, the complete Monteverdi cycle, and the trio of Mozart-Da Ponte operas, as well as the upcoming Carmen (2024 Glydenbourne Festival). Paulus is Professor of the Practice of Theater in Harvard University’s English Department and Department of Theater, Dance & Media. She was selected for Boston magazine’s 2023, 2022, 2020, and 2018 lists of Boston’s most influential people, the 2014 Time 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and as one of Variety’s “Trailblazing Women in Entertainment for 2014.”

(she/her) ART: Moby Dick, The Black Clown. Commissioned works on The Joffrey Ballet, Parsons Dance Company, Gibney Company. Honors: 2011 Princess Grace Award, 2004 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, 2019 IRNE nomination for Best Choreography (The Black Clown), 2004 PBS Documentary “American Talent,” Education/Training: BFA, The Juilliard School.

A.R.T.: Debut. Eren Cannata (he/him) is an Emmy Award-winning songwriter, producer, and musician. Signed to Warner Chappell / Facet House under world-renowned songwriter Justin Tranter, he’s working with today’s biggest artists, writers, and producers on major pop records as well as writing/producing TV/movie soundtracks, musicals, and audio art installations. Currently, Eren is working on the TV soundtrack for “Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies” (Paramount+) and the artist phenom everyone’s talking about, Jake Wesley Rogers.

A.R.T.: Debut. Daniel Crean (he/him) is a drummer, arranger and music producer from Boston, MA. He has worked with Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, Pink, Courtney Love, Lego Batman, and Andrea Bocelli.

(he/him) A.R.T.: WILD: A Musical Becoming, We Live in Cairo, Miss You Like Hell, Wig Out!, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Best of Both Worlds. Music direction for SpeakEasy, Wheelock Family Theatre, Lyric Stage, Reagle, and The Huntington Theatre. Four Elliot Norton Award nominations and one win for Outstanding Music Direction. Performances with the Boston Pops, BSO, Mariah Carey, Ryan Gosling, Patti Labelle, Bobby McFerrin, Phish. Performances at The White House, Carnegie Hall, Vatican.

(he/him) A.R.T.: Macbeth in Stride, Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic. Off-Broadway: for all the women who thought they were Mad, Soho Rep; Drunk Shakespeare, vol. I-III, Brass Jar. Regional: The Amen Corner, The Shakespeare Theatre Co.; An Iliad, Long Wharf Theater; Othello, Trinity Rep. Exhibition: Definition: An Installation Experience, Bushwick Starr; Camp: Notes on Fashion (Design Associate), Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute. Educational: Head of Scenic Design Training, NYU-Tisch Dept. of Drama. Education: MFA, NYU-Tisch Dept. of Design.

(they/them) A.R.T.: Debut. SiiGii is a New York based artist. Merging sculpture with fashion, their artworks explore healing and escapism from a limited tangible world. Siigii is a native of Barcelona, Spain, where they earned their bachelor’s degree in fashion design at BAU University of Design. Alongside their visual art career, SiiGii has also gained extensive experience in costume design, having created pieces for artists including Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Britney Spears, and more. With a signature dedication to challenging limits, SiiGii’s art has been featured in Hypebeast, PaperMagazine, Dazed, Hypebeast Japan, Dezeen, Elle, and many more.

(he/him) A.R.T.: Debut. Roy Caires has been working in the Fashion Industry for 20+ years. Fashion Design, Styling and Costume Design. Co-owner of Brooklyn based fashion boutique ALTER since 2007. Education/Training: BFA, Fashion Design, MassArt (class of 2002).

(he/him) A.R.T.: Debut. Tommy Cole has been working in the fashion design and styling industry since 2001. Co-owner of Brooklyn based fashion boutique ALTER since 2007.

A.R.T.:Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, ExtraOrdinary. Off-Broadway: Gloria: A Life; Fruit Trilogy; Relevance (Projection Design); Poison; Informed Consent (Projection Design); Nutcracker Rouge (Drama Desk nominations), Company XIV. Regional: Vietgone, Smart People, Denver Center; Top Girls (Projection Design), Huntington Theatre Company; Pinkolandia, Two River Theater; OR, Shakespeare & Company. International: The Ugly One, From the Fire! (Projection Design). Other: KPOP! (Lortel and Drama Desk Nominations), Oneohtrix Point Never’s MYRIAD, Park Avenue Armory. Awards: 2018 Henry Hewes Lighting Design Award, 2017 LIT Design Award (Theater Performance), Bel Geddes Design Enhancement (2015 & 2017), NEA/TCG Career Development Program recipient.

(he/him) A.R.T.: Macbeth in Stride, Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, Jack and the Beanstalk (Sound Supervisor and Recording, Mixing, Mastering Engineer). A.R.T. Institute: Dying For It, Loeb Drama Center. Alex is the sound supervisor at Oberon and has designed a wide range of shows there since 2013 including Cirque of the Dead, Ghost Quartet, Black Light, and The Bitter Game. Prior to working at A.R.T., Alex toured with Average White Band from 2012-2013 and was the house engineer at music venues all over the New York City metro area including Bowery Electric, Fairfield Theater Company, and the Highline Ballroom.  He is a musician, producer and audio engineer who has worked on dozens of records and loves to be in the studio.

(he/him) A.R.T.: The Arboretum Experience. A multimedia artist, filmmaker and designer, Daniel Callahan merges a plethora of mediums to create immersive experiences that explore human resilience and mysticism. A graduate of the UPenn School of Design, and Emerson College, where he received an MFA in Film and Video, Daniel and his work have been featured at the Museum of Fine Art, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Queens Museum, The New Orleans Museum of Art. danielcallahan.com

Duncan Stewart CSA/Benton Whitley CSA. A.R.T.: WILD, Moby-Dick,The Black Clown, Great Comet of 1812, The Tempest, Pippin. Broadway/NY: Hadestown (Artios Award), Chicago the Musical, Paradise Square, Rock of Ages, Lightning Thief,Great Comet of 1812, Elf, On the Town, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: Hadestown, Hairspray, Waitress, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, For The Record, TUTS, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature, RCCL. Follow: @stewartwhitley and stewartwhitley.com.

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Who’s Your Baghdaddy?. Regional: Rock of Ages Hollywood, The Bourbon Room; Singles in Agriculture, Bristol Riverside Theatre; BLKS, Woolly Mammoth; Twist Your Dickens, Second City/Kennedy Center; Hand to God, Choir Boy, The Big Meal, Studio Theatre; Our Town, Awake and Sing!, Olney Theatre Center; Endgame, Baltimore CenterStage; The Vagrant Trilogy, Paper Dolls, Queens Girl in Africa, Mosaic Theatre; National Tour: Rock of Ages, My Fair Lady, Ringling Bros. Bellobration. Education: UC Santa Barbara.

Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) was founded in 2003 by Hubie Jones, a civic leader who has worked for six decades to address the social problems facing Boston’s underserved children and communities. Named Boston’s “Ambassadors of Harmony” by The Boston Globe, BCC harnesses the power of music to connect Boston’s diverse communities, cultivate empathy, and inspire social inquiry. BCC choir programs include 13 choirs with singers from 110 different zip codes in and around Boston. BCC presents over 50 performances per season in a wide range of public and private events. They have performed in venues from Boston Symphony Hall, and Royal Albert Hall in London, to Sydney Opera House, and the White House. BCC is supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

Ryan McKittrick is the Director of Artistic Programs & Dramaturg at the American Repertory Theater. He received a Master of Theater Arts in Dramaturgy from the A.R.T./Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theater Training and a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard College. He is Lecturer and Head of Dramaturgy in the Theater, Dance & Media concentration at Harvard and Assistant Professor of Theater Arts at Brandeis University. At the A.R.T., he has served as dramaturg on numerous plays, operas, and musicals, over half of which were world premieres.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Jagged Little Pill (Assistant Director). Regional: The Bowels, Timebomb, Webster’s Bitch, Star or Plane (Director), National Women’s Theatre Festival; OTHELLO (Associate Producer), NWTF/Play On Shakespeare; The Vagina Monologues (Director), Queer Theatre Texas; Daddy Longlegs (Assistant Director), Inhuman Productions; Educational: Cabaret; Almost, Maine. Special Assistant to the Artistic Director and Executive Team at A.R.T. Education: BFA, Theater, Texas State University.

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Pippi Longstocking (School Kid), Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Narrator), Wheelock Family Theater. Educational: (As Director): Legally Blonde, Asian Student Arts Project at Harvard University; Spring Awakening, Nobles Theater Collective; (As Assistant Producer): There’s a Door Up There, Harvard University; (As Performer): A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Actor’s Shakespeare Project; The Tempest (Trinculo), New York University. Education: Karina is a student in Harvard College’s class of 2023, concentrating in English and Theater, Dance and Media.

(she/her) A.R.T.: Moby-Dick (Assistant Choreographer). Christiana Hunte is a born and raised Brooklynite. She began her dance training at Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn. Thereafter, she continued her education at LaGuardia High School. During her senior year, Christiana joined the National YoungArts Foundation as a Winner in Modern Dance. She is a 2018 graduate from SUNY Purchase College, receiving her BFA in Dance with a minor in Arts Management. She is currently a company member of Antonio Brown Dance and the former Programs Manager for MOVE|NYC|. She aspires to travel the world dancing and impacting the lives of the next generation in ways that will change the art of dance.

(they/them) A.R.T: SIX (ASM & PSM sub), Waitress (Child Supervisor). Regional: Fun Home, Small Mouth Sounds, Men on Boats, SpeakEasy Stage; A Guide for the Homesick, after all the terrible things I do, Huntington Theatre Company; Wig Out!, Shockheaded Peter, We Are Proud to Present…, Company One; Camp Strangewood, Sparkhaven Theatre. John also leads trainings on transgender inclusion in the arts with Gender Explosion. Education: Stage & Production Management B.F.A., Emerson College. Learn More: johnmeredithstage.com

(she/her) A.R.T.: Proclamation 7: Freedom Acts (Stage Manager), OBERON. Regional: Hurricane Diane, We All Fall Down, Indecent (Assistant Stage Manager), Huntington Theatre Company; Sherlock’s Last Case, Fall, Skeleton Crew, Bad Dates, Tartuffe, Merrily We Roll Along, (Production Assistant), Huntington Theatre Company; Cry It Out (Stage Manager), Geva Theatre Center; The Audacity: Women Speak (Stage Manager), Sleeping Weazel; The America Plays (Assistant Stage Manager), Plays in Place. Education: Stage and Production Management BFA, Emerson College.

(he/him) A.R.T.: OPC, In the Body of the World. Tony Montenieri has worked with the Tony Award-winning playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler) and V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender and transgender), those who hold fluid identities, nonbinary people, girls and the planet, for over 19 years. He is Executive Producer of Lotus Productions while also serving as V-Day’s Campaigns Director. He has worked both on and off-Broadway, including on Emotional Creature, The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (Associate Producer) at the Signature Theater and most recently, In the Body of the World (Producer for Eve Ensler) at Manhattan Theatre Club and Fruit Trilogy (Producer) with Abingdon Theatre Company. He holds a BS from Skidmore College and an MA in Arts Administration from Goucher College, where he now serves as a faculty member in the MA in Arts Administration program, teaching Art and Activism for Social Justice.

A.R.T.: Life of Pi; 1776; WILD: A Musical Becoming; Jack and the Beanstalk; Gloria: A Life; Moby-Dick; We Live in Cairo; Endlings; Othello; ExtraOrdinary; The Black Clown; Jagged Little Pill; WARHOLCAPOTE; Burn All Night; The Night of the Iguana; Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women; Fingersmith; In the Body of the World; Waitress; O.P.C. Broadway: Mary Stuart. Regional: Vanity Fair, Central Square Theater; New Electric Ballroom, Gloucester Stage Company; Arms and the Man, Guthrie Theatre; The Foreigner, Cabaret, To Kill a Mockingbird, Kansas City Repertory Theatre. As Head of Voice and Speech at A.R.T., Erika also teaches in the Theater, Dance & Media concentration at Harvard as well as coaching public speaking skills across the university. Education: MA, Voice Studies, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; MFA, Acting, Brandeis University.