Natasha is an emerging Filipino-Chinese theatre artist and playwright based on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓ íl̓ witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With recent work showcased with Rumble Theatre and the Ignite Youth Festival, their practice is based on collective storytelling and laughter as a tool of healing.

Acadia Currah is an essayist and enjoyer of weird freak art. She currently resides in Vancouver, BC. She saw a ghost once. She can't wear hats.

Maheem is an international student and is finishing up the BFA program for Creative Writing. Maheem likes to drink lots and lots of tea and is never sure how much of procrastination is preparation for writing. He is grateful to be in this space : )

Xochitl Leal is a visual artist, Art History major and in Creative Writing BFA program at UBC. This is her first attempt at playwriting..

KM Naud (they/them) is an emerging writer, living and working on traditional, stolen and unceded Musqueam territory. They are in their final year of the creative writing BFA program at UBC.

Chance Plomp-Schweitzer was born in the Foothills of Alberta, and has lived on and off in Vancouver for over a decade now; avoiding his true calling as a Sasquatch somewhere in the Rockies.

Esar Rabadi is a multi-genred writer and artist in her final year of a BFA at UBC’s School of Creative Writing. Her favourite forms to write in are stageplays, graphic forms, poetry, and spoken word amongst many others. Esar’s literary works are often absurd, humorous, and camp.

Mercury Rhone (he/him/his) is an experienced neurodivergent actor and writer; he enjoys contributing to theatre productions in any capacity, and is interested in media generally. He is currently studying Creative Writing at UBC, but has also completed courses from various UBC departments, including Journalism, Education, Film Studies, and Film Production.

Neko Smart is a BFA Creative Writing student at UBC. As 2020 Victoria City Youth Poet Laureate, they emphasised the importance of cultivating open dialogue about mental health. They’re a member of Raising Voices and Wordplay poetry workshop facilitation rosters. They’re thrilled to have their second play produced at BNPR.

Anna Thorsen is a Zambian/Swedish writer, theatre producer and filmmaker from Vancouver, Canada. She’s attending UBC for her BFA in Creative writing. Anna has made over 10 short films, works as a Dispatcher for IATSE Local 118, and is an Associate Producer for UBC’s 2024 Brave New Brave Rites fes6val.

Kenneth Tynan is an artist based in the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples or colloquially known as Vancouver. He has worked for the past decade in theatre, film, and TV. More recently, he was a recurring character in Netflix's Zero Chill, a figure skating youth TV program, and he was in Direct Theatre's Monster last Fringe. Kenneth is very excited about his ceative writing journey at UBC, having discovered his joy for writing with his piece Qi-Pao, to start his cr which appeared at the Or Festival (2023).

Nicola Wanless is a non-binary Vancouver-based writer, and is currently pursuing an MFA at UBC. Previous writing credits include, Dynamis Lost (Calgary Fringe Festival), Haunted FM (Calgary Fringe Festival), Submerged (Brave New Play Rites), and Signal (Art Out Loud Festival). Outside of writing they’ve participated in a variety of other roles, including directing, stage management, costume design, and graphic design for theatre. They write and co-produce the narrative fiction podcast The Rest is Electric, two seasons of which are available online