Rébecca Déraspe is the author of the acclaimed plays Le Radeau, Plus (+) que toi, Votre crucifixion, Peau d’ours (a finalist for the Prix Michel-Tremblay), Le merveilleux voyage de Réal de Montréal, and Nino. She was a member of the writing collective for Ceci est un meurtre, which premiered in 2015. Rébecca also works as a screenwriter, and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

Leanna Brodie is a Montreal-based playwright, translator, and actor. Her plays Schoolhouse, The Book of Esther, For Home and Country, and The Vic have been seen from coast to coast. Her opera with Anthony Young, Ulla’s Odyssey, toured the UK for two years with OperaUpClose. She is also a leading translator of Québécois and Franco-Canadian plays, and recent premieres include Rébecca Déraspe’s I Am William (Stratford Festival) and You Are Happy (GCTC); Sébastien Harrison’s From Alaska (Belfry Theatre); Catherine Léger’s I Lost My Husband! (Gateway Theatre/Ruby Slippers Theatre) and Home Deliveries (Ruby Slippers/Jericho Arts Centre); Fanny Britt’s Benevolence (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Pacific Theatre), and David Paquet’s Wildfire (Upstream Theater, Factory Theatre, Dora Mavor Moore Award) and The Weight of Ants (The Cherry Arts, Tom Hendry Award).