Julianne Wick Davis (composer/lyricist/bookwriter) won the 2012 Jonathan Larson Award and was the 2018 recipient of the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award for Outstanding Female Musical Theatre Composer.

Samantha van Leer wrote the novels Between the Lines and Off the Page with her mother, Jodi Picoult. She is a graduate of Vassar College with a degree in psychology and a minor in human development.

Elyssa Samsel is a classically trained violinist and pianist. She trained at AMDA as an actress in musical theater. Alongside Kate Anderson, she composed the brand new musicals BETWEEN THE LINES: which premiered in NYC in 2022, and THE BOOK THIEF which toured in the UK last year.

Current writing projects include a musical adaptation of the award winning novel “Drag Teen”, directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell; “Belles”, based on the documentary “Southern Belle” in development with the Alliance Theater; Howard, a new musical based on the life of Howard Hugh

Eric Pfeffinger is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America east.

Brian Usifer is a New York City based music director, orchestrator/arranger, pianist, producer and composer. Most recently, he was the Music Director of Disney's Frozen on Broadway. He is currently the Associate Music Supervisor of The Book of Mormon on Broadway.

Emma Ashford is a composer, writer, and actor based in New York City. Originally hailing from Los Angeles, Emma is a recent graduate of The University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre program, where she was in the inaugural class of their Musical Theatre Composition Minor.

CJ Cruz was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and grew up as a Navy brat, moving all around the world. His father came to the US from the Philippines, making him a second-generation immigrant. CJ studied Psychology, Theater, and Documentary Filmmaking at Duke University.

Jenna Clayborn is a singer and actor from Austin, Texas, currently pursuing a law degree at Tulane University.