Wijdan Al Khateeb (she/her, Producer) is a Palestinian producer based in Doha, Qatar. She earned her BS in Media Industries and Technology at Northwestern University in Qatar and is currently pursuing a MA in Women, Society, and Development at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. Her work and research focus on Palestinian women. As a producer, she has worked on The NU-Q Creative Media Festival, as well as award-winning films Tick Tock and Refuge, both of which premiered at Ajyal Film Festival. Wijdan served as Project Specialist for The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy/FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and as Creative Media Intern with Qatar Foundation. In addition to producing, she currently works for Qatar Foundation in the Community Development Department as Marketing Coordinator.

Caitlin Nasema Cassidy (she/her, Project Director) is an actor, director, and producer making experimental performance that is physical, collaborative, and poetic. Her practice is rooted in joy, embodied research, and (com)post-activism. Caitlin is a 2023 Grist 50 List Fixer, 2023 Social Impact Community Partner at the John F. Kennedy Center, and the recipient of a 2023 National Performance Network Development Fund Award. She holds the 2022-23 Artist-in-Residence position at The Earth Commons—Georgetown University’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability and is a proud member of The Actors Center. CaitlinNasemaCassidy.com

Robert Duffley (he/him, Project Dramaturg) is a theater artist, editor, and teacher based in New York City. As a dramaturg, Robert partners with writers, directors, composers, collectives, and institutions to develop new plays and original stagings of classic work. He is particularly committed to international and interdisciplinary projects, with a particular focus on climate. Recent work includes Miranda Rose Hall’s A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction (Commissioned & Developed by LubDub, currently touring the EU with original direction by Katie Mitchell), Ferry Tales: The Potomac River (Kennedy Center), 1776 (A.R.T., Broadway, National Tour), Claudia Rankine’s Help (Off-Broadway), and We Live in Cairo (A.R.T.). The Founding Dramaturg for LubDub Theatre Co, Robert currently serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University (Fall 2024) and has previously taught at Harvard University and Emerson College. robertduffley.com

Jacob Hirdwall (he/him, Director/Playwright) has for The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm staged Paralysie générale! (2004-17), Emperor Fukushima (2011), What Is Politics (2012), Another Country (2012), Requiem for an Activist (2012) and We Hear You—Greta Thunberg’s Speeches (2020). On behalf of Swedish Radio he has directed his own play Emperor Fukushima (2011), Kristian Lundberg's The Yard (2012) and Anita Goldman's If I Have To Travel To Los Alamos (2014). Jacob is the artistic director of Ensembleverket and has with that group staged There Is Someone Sitting On the Wing (2010) and the play The Undiscovered Country (2013, also performed in Reykjavik and in New York). He has written and directed the trilogy Landscape With Winter-birds (2015), Sleepwalking In The Nether World (2016, New York 2019) and People Who Disappear (The City Theatre of Stockholm, 2018). In 2019, Jacob made his debut as an author with the novel Picnic At The End Of the Road. Jacob was during 2017-2020 head of The Bergman Studio - a workplace for drama-development. Jacob's play Conversation With Strangers was performed at Athens Democracy Forum in 2022.

Afsoon Pajoufar (she/her, Project Designer) is an Iranian designer of stage and environment for play, opera, and live performance. Afsoon’s artistic practice is often focused on the intersection of space and new technologies including XR and live video. Her works have been presented in venues and festivals including Theatre for a New Audience, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), New Ohio Theatre, Bard Fisher Center, HARVARD TDM, MIT, KITCHEN THEATRE, and PRELUDE festival. She received her MFA in Scene design from Boston University and is a proud member of USA829. afsoonpajoufar.com

Swedian Lie (he/him, Project Designer) is a creative consultant and designer originally from and based in Indonesia. He is Co-Founder and Creative Director of Zero One Digital, a holistic branding and digital marketing agency focused on cohesive brand building & storytelling, and VP of Creative at Zero One Group, an integrated technology services company that provides personalized solutions to even the most challenging business problems. He has worked as a scenic designer with Rorschach Theatre, Georgetown University, and Jakarta Players, and as a graphic designer with LubDub Theatre Co., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Studio Theatre, among others. With nearly a decade of experience in branding, digital marketing, advertising, and theatre design, Swedian brings strategic knowledge and design expertise to projects requiring in-depth interdisciplinary practice and international collaboration.

Ashanee Kottage (she/her, Facilitator) is a research analyst at the Earth Commons and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics. She is inspired by her experience growing up in Sri Lanka, a beautiful tropical island, and embraces the responsibility to be a steward for homes, her's, and others, that bear severe and disproportionate consequences of climate change. She is a scientist, activist, and storyteller concerned about the security of this earth and the security of people. She is working towards decolonizing conservation, effective science communication, and marrying rigorous scientific research with empathy, embodiment, and performance.

Helene Larsson Pousette (she/her, Project Partner) is a diplomat, curator, and writer, who is currently the Counsellor for Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC. Previously, she was the Counsellor for Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Sweden in Serbia, where she initiated Creative Mentorship Serbia and a bilateral residency program. She has worked at the Swedish Exhibition Agency, Swedish History Museum, and Swedish Institute, curating interdisciplinary exhibitions that unite heritage, history, and contemporary art. As co-founder of the Stockholm Museum of Women’s History, she develops methods for progressive archiving, archive excavations, and contemporary collecting. She has been a member of the Swedish National Heritage Board and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. She initiated ARKIVISM, a handbook on how to navigate archives and archive yourself. In 2021, she published her book on curating and exhibition processes.