Production Team

Katherine Gwynn | PLAYWRIGHT — Katherine (they/them) is a non-binary woman, CODA, and Chicago playwright who writes about the mythic and violent spaces between queerness, disability, and the divine. Gwynn is the winner of the 2022 UCROSS + The Blank Theatre – Future of Playwriting Prize and a 2023 Venturous Fellowship Nominee. Gwynn also won the 2015 Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award and Second Place for the EMOS Ecodrama Playwrights festival 2022. Their work has been developed and produced by The Understudy, Refracted Theatre, Red Theater, Flint Rep, Jackalope Theatre, The New Coordinates, The Great Plains Theatre Conference, the Terra Femina Collective, Commission Theatre, The Fishtank, and Rockhurst University. Gwynn has been a 2024 Playwrights Center Core Writer Finalist, a 2024 American Blues Blue Ink Award Semi-Finalist, a Seven Devils 2024 Semi Finalist, a 2021 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist and 3x Semi Finalist, 2021 Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series Finalist, a 2x Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist and 4x Semi-Finalist, a 2020 Parity Productions Commission Finalist, a 2020 Story Theatre Resident Playwright Semi-Finalist, a 2019 Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship Semi-Finalist, a 2x Ashland Play Festival Semi-Finalist, a 2x New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater Finalist, a 2019 LezPlay Finalist, and a 2x invited Submission for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. You can find their work at katherinegwynn.com.

Tina El Gamal | DIRECTOR — Tina (they/she) is a Chicago-based actor, director, educator, writer, community advocate, and arts administrator. They hold a BFA in Acting from the University of Illinois at Chicago. They have worked as an actor and director at regional theatres nationwide, including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare, Portland Opera, Silk Road Cultural Center, Steep Theatre, Remy Bumppo, and more. Tina was recently featured in Newcity Mag's Players 50 2022. She is represented by Big Mouth Talent. You can learn more about what she's up to at www.tinaelgamal.com.

 

Tessa Huber | STAGE MANAGER — Tess (they/them) is a professional stage manager, Chicago transplant, and Red Theater cohort member. Past credits include INDOOR CATS (ASM, Red Theater), IS GOD IS (ASM, A Red Orchid Theatre), HAMLET (SM, Red Theater), ROMEO AND JULIET (ASM, Oak Park Festival Theatre), andALBERT HERRING (First ASM, NU Opera). Tessa would like to thank everyone in the Chicago theatre community who has helped welcome them to the city, as well as their family for their support. Tessa would like to give a special shoutout to their papaw, for always being their champion and biggest cheerleader. Enjoy the show!

Lolo Ramos | DESIGNER — Lolo (she/her) is an actor, artist, and an aspiring designer in the Chicago area. She enjoys creating, collecting, curating, collaborating, and apparently alliteration. She is grateful to the MOTHER OF team for inviting her to be a part of the magic. She hopes you are having a good day.