William Shakespeare (Playwright), 1564–1616, was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. During his career he wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and other verses. His body of plays consists of tragedies, comedies, romances, and histories, including All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Yi-Chien Lee (Scenic Design) is a San Diego–based set designer. Her select design credits include Mission Incomplete (Young Star New Vision), Code: Cyrus (Divertimento. Media), In Search of Beckett (Double Theatre), You Tube (The Dead-End Flower Troupe), Everybody Black (UC San Diego), How to Defend Yourself and Mothers (Wagner New Play Festival), and Girlfriend (Diversionary Theatre). She received an M.F.A. from UC San Diego, and her work on Moondrunk has been selected for the Emerging Young Artist/Imagination Exhibition at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial. Theatre matters because present matters.

Erdis Maxhelaku (Composer and Creative Musician) started playing cello at the age of seven in Albania and later received a bachelor’s degree in Cello Performance. His passion for music has led him to embracing many genres: rock, pop, indie, flamenco, metal, and more. He is a sought-out recording artist in San Diego who writes and performs his own music and teaches private lessons. He collaborates with many local musicians, utilizing his multifaceted performing, improvisation, writing, and recording skills. Theatre matters because it is a journey that takes us many different places.

Chandra R.M. Anthenill (Production Stage Manager) has worked on the Globe productions of What You Are, Tiny Beautiful Things, Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, A Thousand Splendid Suns, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Globe for All), Twelfth Night (Globe for All), Guys and Dolls, Camp David, and The Comedy of Errors. Her credits as a production stage manager include Beachtown, Outside Mullingar, The Oldest Boy, and Honky (San Diego Repertory Theatre) and The Last Wife, Spring Awakening, Assassins, and Company (Cygnet Theatre Company). Theatre matters because it opens the boundaries between communities.