Greg Pierotti is a writer, performer and director. He is
co-author of The Laramie Project, Laramie: 10 Years
Later, and The People’s Temple. He has performed in
classical and new work in New York and at such regional theaters
as Berkeley Rep, Denver Center, La Jolla Playhouse, and Arena
Stage. As writer/director he has received residencies to develop
his work at Maison Dora Maar in Provence, The Orchard Project and
Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor to name a few. He is an Emmy award
nominee and a 2013 nominee for the Alpert Award in the Arts in
the category of theater.
Raissa Simpson is a choreographer, teacher, and the Artistic
Director of PUSH Dance Company in San Francisco. After receiving
her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase, Simpson
had an extensive performance career in the San Francisco Bay Area
dancing with Robert Moses’ Kin and Joanna Haigood’s Zaccho Dance
Theatre, among others.