WRITER/DIRECTOR: Rebecca Mlinek
Rebecca Mlinek is a published author and writing teacher living outside of Baltimore MD. She writes dramas, often with a slight metaphysical twist.
Rebecca is drawn to the spaces where hope can be found, unexpectedly, in the midst of pain. The world is weird and doesn’t always provide neat answers, and she tries to capture something of that reality in everything she does.
Writing awards include: 2020 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Fellow, 2019 Nicholls Fellowship Semifinalist, 2018 Roadmap Writers Top Tier Winner, 2018 Rocaberti Writers Retreat partial scholarship, 2017 Stowe Story Labs Seed&Spark fellowship finalist.
AUDIO RECORDING, ENGINEERING and SOUND DESIGN: Stephen Antonelli
Producer, composer, arranger, musician, engineer with 20+ years of experience in the music business.
Stephen Joseph Antonelli has worked with countless bands and artists through the years in Nashville, New York and Baltimore, MD. He's seen national and commercial success with his production and songwriting including film and TV placements with Discovery, TLC and MTV among others. Steve sits on the board of advisors for Studio Unknown, a post audio studio in Baltimore and is a member of the Grammy Producers and Engineer Wing (DC Chapter).
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Michael Chester
While not traveling internationally, Michael lives on his estate in Pittsburgh PA with his wife Colleen, a renowned Speech Pathologist and mystical healer. Their three daughters, Annie, Emma and Sara, are accomplished in multiple disciplines and are suspected to have tried marijuana. Their dog, Horus, has set the world speed record for whippets clocking in at 69.3 MPH.
COMPOSER: Christopher Bassett
Chris Bassett is a Baltimore-based composer of concert music and music for film, theatre, and multimedia. No one has gotten around to calling Chris something quote-worthy like "a bold new musical voice for his generation," but his mother once called him "the Derek Jeter of music," so there's that.
Chris’ music has been featured on PBS and Maryland Public Television, Baltimore's ARTScape Festival, and various independent films in Baltimore, DC, and New York City. His concert music has been commissioned by the Excelsior Trombone Ensemble, Lisa Albrecht, Spotlighters Theatre, the St. Paul's School theatre program, the Dulaney High School Concert Strings, and the Newtown High School (CT) Choral Program. His brass quintet "Schmlud's Last Ride" was a winner of the Brass Initiative composition prize.
Chris studied composition with Chris Theofanidis at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and with Justin Dello Joio and Ken Valitsky (Walicki) at New York University, where he was personally selected by composer Alan Menken to be the first recipient of the Alan Menken award. At Peabody, Chris was the receipient of the Denes & Mary Agay Piano & Composition Scholarship and the Randolph S. Rothschild Award for Composition. Chris currently lives in Baltimore with his wife, Laurel, and two children. He teaches Digital Instrumental Music at Carver Center for Arts & Technology, and composes and conducts for various ensembles and productions in the Baltimore-Washington area.
In his spare time Chris enjoys writing autobiographical statements in third-person.
EDITING, ENGINEERING and SOUND DESIGN: Sam Winnie
Sam enjoys writing in a variety of different styles in both the contemporary classical and singer-songwriter veins but generally describes his works, regardless of genre, as being introspective and "chill". Sam has also scored soundtracks for many independent films, plays, and podcasts, including the award-winning documentary "Future Children" by Emily Eaglin, and his most recent comedy podcast "The Podney Dangercast". When not surrounding himself with music, you can definitely find Sam nerding-out over videogames, podcasts, or D&D.