Katrina Lenk (Bobbie) is very grateful we’re all here together! Broadway: The Band’s Visit (Tony and Grammy awards), Indecent, Once, Spider-Man, The Miracle Worker. Off-Broadway: The Band’s Visit (Lucille Lortel Award) and Indecent (Clarence Derwent Award). TV: Ozark (final season), Tommy, Little Voice, The Good Fight, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Get Down, Elementary, The Blacklist. Lenk is the ringleader of the band/performance art piece moxy phinx. @TheKatrinaLenk

Patti LuPone (Joanne). NY musicals: War Paint, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Anything Goes, Oliver!, Evita, The Robber Bridegroom. NY plays: Shows for Days, The Anarchist, Noises Off, Master Class, The Old Neighborhood, Accidental Death of an Anarchist. London: Company, Master Class, Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, The Cradle Will Rock. Opera: The Ghosts of Versailles, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (L.A. Opera); To Hell and Back (SF Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra); Regina (Kennedy Center). TV: Hollywood, Pose, Penny Dreadful, Girls, American Horror Story: Coven, 30 Rock, Glee, Life Goes On, Vampirina, Steven Universe. Film: Disappointment Boulevard, The School for Good and Evil (upcoming); The Comedian, Parker, City by the Sea, David Mamet’s Heist and State and Main, Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy, Witness. Awards: two Tonys (seven noms.), two Oliviers, three Grammys, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle; two Emmy noms.; Critics Choice nom.; Drama League Distinguished Performance Award. Founding member: Drama Division of The Juilliard School and John Houseman’s The Acting Company.

Marianne Elliott (Director) is artistic director of Elliott & Harper Productions, which she co-founded alongside producers Chris Harper and Nick Sidi. Marianne’s productions for Elliott & Harper include Company in the West End (Evening Standard Award for Best Director) and Death of a Salesman, co-directed with Miranda Cromwell at the Young Vic and West End (Olivier Award for Best Director). This spring, she directed the West End premiere of Cock by Mike Bartlett, starring Jonathan Bailey. Marianne was an associate director at the National Theatre where she directed Angels in America (NT and Broadway; Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (NT, West End, Broadway; Olivier and Tony awards for Best Direction of a Play) and co-directed War Horse (NT, West End and Broadway; Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play). Previously Marianne was an associate director at the Royal Court and artistic director of the Manchester Royal Exchange. elliottandharper.com

Ruthie Fierberg is an independent arts journalist, producer, and consultant, based in New York City. She is the creator and host of the podcast Why We Theater, which digs into the onstage works we love to create the offstage change we need. As the former Executive Editor of Features and Branded Content at Playbill, Ruthie spent five years creating innovative and engaging content through in-depth written, multimedia, and video pieces focused on the arts. She also created and hosted Playbill’s Live From the Red Carpet specials from all of Broadway’s opening nights and the annual Tony Awards. In 2020, Ruthie served as the sole executive producer of three digital concert specials which defined virtual concert creation on the pandemic. Two of these concerts (Pride Spectacular and ¡Viva Broadway!) were shortlisted for Emmy Awards. A graduate of Barnard College, she has written for such national publications as Good Housekeeping, Parents, American Baby, Parents Latina, and Backstage magazines. Ruthie has moderated panels for the 92Y, Second Stage Theatre, the JCC of Manhattan, Disney Theatrical Productions, BroadwayCon 2016–2020, and the annual American Performing Arts Professionals Conference. She has appeared on NPR, SiriusXM Volume radio, and a number of podcasts as a guest expert. A lover of theatre, tennis, and Bikram yoga, Ruthie is also involved with such causes as Covenant House International and The Actors Fund. Find more at ruthiefierberg.com and follow her IG: @ruthiefierceberg / Twitter: @RuthiesATrain.