Crisis

Beckett Flynn (they/she) is a transgender writer in Brooklyn. Their writing has been published in Horror Press, Culture Sonar, Dot Esports, Rebellion Lit, 13 Tracks, Scorched Earth Press, Typerbar Magazine, and Cusper Magazine. Their play Everyone in New York is Beautiful won the Cypress Productions New Play award in 2024, and their play Crisis was longlisted for the Distillery New Works Festival at Seattle Public Theatre. They are a two time O’Neill NPC Semi-Finalist. Their short play “world is a fuck” has been produced in five states. They like heavy metal, kung fu movies, and their friends.

Billy Baker is a director, producer, and actor based in Los Angeles. He studied theatre at Pepperdine University where he directed his first play Hello Out There under the supervision of director Scott Alan Smith. His work often focuses on repression, addiction, self-commodification, and the search for peace in a culture where our attention, and thus our experience, is so heavily fragmented. Recent directing credits include short films I Often Dream of Trains & Wax Nostalgic, and assistant-directing/producing Desean Terry’s award-winning Shakespeare adaptation Taming. At the Road he has been seen in Mercury, Sleeping Giant, and The Totality of All Things. He has also produced the plays Gunshot Medley pt 1, and Lines in the Dust with Collaborative Artists Bloc.