Andrew Saito is an internationalist playwright who focuses on indigenous and cross-racial stories, hybridity, and struggles against colonialism and its long-lingering footprints.  He has worked with Peru's legendary theater collective Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, Cuba's Conjunto Cultural Korimakao, and the Asociación Xajooj Tun in Rabinal, Guatemala, culture bearers of the Rabinal Achi, named intangible cultural patrimony of humanity by UNESCO.  He holds an MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Papua New Guinea.  From 2013 to 2016, he was Andrew W. Mellon Resident Playwright at the Cutting Ball Theater, which produced his plays Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night, Mount Misery, and his translation of Calderón de la Barca’s Life is a Dream.  FaultLine Theater produced Stegosaurus (or) Three Cheers for Climate Change.  His play Men of Rab’inal, co-created with Lakin Valdez, was commissioned and presented at La Peña Cultural Center and El Teatro Campesino.  He has developed work with Victory Gardens, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Crowded Fire, East West Players, the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis, Mu Performing Arts, Brava Theater, Playwrights Foundation, Just Theater, and AlterTheater.  Andrew's passionate about learning languages, cultural exchange, cooking, Kung Fu, and underwater encounters with octopuses and manta rays.  He is learning to be a climate activist and encourages you to do the same. 

Desdemona Chiang is a stage director based in Seattle, WA and Ashland, OR. Co-Founder of Azeotrope (Seattle).

Directing credits include Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Playmakers Repertory Company, Studio Theatre, Aurora Theatre Company, Theatre Latte Da, Seattle Public Theatre, Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire Theatre Company, Azeotrope, Impact Theatre, Playwrights Foundation, and Golden Thread Productions, among others. Intersection for the Arts Triangle Lab Artist-Investigator. Adjunct Faculty, Cornish College of the Arts.

Iyvon E. (she/her) is a Nigerian-American creative producer, dramaturg, and company manager. She is the Artistic Director of The Parsnip Ship, a radio-play series and platform amplifying underproduced artists. Iyvon is a recipient of the Fulbright International Scholarship and Gilman International Scholarship (both to Italy), The DO School’s Future of Audio Entertainment Fellowship in Berlin, and the 2019 Mark O’Donnell Prize. She is a member of the WP 2020 - 2022 Producers Lab and an Affiliate Dramaturg with Beehive Dramaturgy Studio.  B.A. Brandeis University. M.A. Baruch College (CUNY) Arts Administration. @iamiyvon

Twi McCallum is a sound designer living in NYC, by-way of Baltimore, MD. Her favorite theatrical credits include Kansas City Rep, National Black Theatre, The Public Theater, and Baltimore Center Stage. She is currently working as an apprentice sound editor on a television show for STARZ and a show for NBCUniversal. Most importantly, she credits her artistry to being a former student of Howard University’s theatre department and a certificate student in Yale School of Drama’s one-year sound program class of 2021. When not working, she loves taking care of her pet snails named Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Rihanna, Megan thee Stallion, and Cardi B.

Danielle is a born and raised Californian, who began her work with AlterTheater back in the Fall of 2008 and since then, she has had the incredible opportunity to work with some amazing humans, on shows such as American Whup-Ass, Two Sisters and a Piano, and The Horses. She began her stage management career with AlterTheater and Marin Shakespeare Company, continuing to work with a long list of Bay Area companies, including Brava, A.C.T., and  Shotgun Players. In 2011, she became an East Coaster in pursuit of her MFA degree from Columbia University, but with the shift to Zoom, she has been able to continue the journey with Alter, stage managing for their recent virtual programming. This has been a welcomed bright spot in a difficult time, and in particular to be "in the room" with Elana Dykewomon on a recent reading, was a dream come true for her Queer heart. In addition to Stage Managing, Danielle has been an Entertainment Production Manager for Norwegian Cruise Line, Company Manager for Nickelodeon, toured domestically with Theatreworks USA,  taught Technical Theatre to 8th and 12th graders, Administrative Assisted , and even occasionally Event Coordinated for weddings and gatherings. At the end of the day, it makes her happy to wear all the hats, to help others of all ages with whatever they need, and to continue to help strengthen the human connection through this art form.

Jeanette Harrison has produced more than 25 world premiere productions with AlterTheater. She is the architect of AlterTheater's AlterLab playwright residency program; the inaugural AlterLab production was the world premiere of Ann Brebner's THE DEAD GIRL in 2013. She co-directed with Ann Brebner THE RIVER BRIDE by Marisela Treviño Orta (2013 co-winner, National Latino Playwriting Award). Other recent directing credits include the award-winning productions of two AlterTheater commissions by Larissa FastHorse,  Landless (2016 USA PEN Literary Award in Drama), and Cow Pie Bingo (2018 Theatre Bay Area Award, Best Featured Actor); and the multi-Theatre Bay Area Award-winner The Amen Corner by James Baldwin. Read More.

BLP brings a team of relentless, award-winning creatives to the table  for giants of industry including Snapchat, MLB, Scholastic, ESPN and  more. As consultants they have helped numerous non-profit and for-profit  clients launch and re-imagine the way they do business.