Taylor Macis a MacArthur fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a Tony nominee for Best Play, and the recipient of the International Ibsen Award. Mac is the author of seventeen full-length plays and performances. Selected works include:Bark of Millions(in collaboration with Matt Ray);Joy and Pandemic;The Hang(with lyrics by Mac and music by Matt Ray);The Fre;Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus;A 24-Decade History of Popular Music;Hir;The Walk Across America for Mother Earth;The Lily's Revenge;The Young Ladies Of;The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac;Red Tide Blooming;The Last Two People on Earth. Films includeWhitman in the WoodsandTaylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music.

Matt Rayis a composer, arranger, theater maker, pianist, singer, songwriter, and music director.The New York Timescalled him “the musical nexus of New York's alt-cabaret scene, and as a fixture of downtown New York nightlife he's collaborated for many years with luminaries such as Taylor Mac, Justin Vivian Bond, Bridget Everett, and Joey Arias. Ray received a 2023 Obie Award for his composition and music direction on his and Mac's jazz-based theater pieceThe Hang(2022, HERE Arts Center). The show also received 4 Drama Desk and 2 Drama League nominations including a Drama Desk nomination for Matt Ray for Best Music. Ray and Mac have also collaborated onThe Lily's Revenge,Bark of Millions, andA 24-Decade History of Popular Music. Ray and Mac shared the 2017 Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired By American History for24-Decade.