Michael Sládek (Director, Writer, Producer) is an award-winning filmmaker and theater director whose feature-length directorial credits include Con Artist (New Yorker Films), BAM150 (Cinema Guild), and Devils Are Dreaming (Dances With Films, Jury Award). Currently directing, producing, and developing new projects under his Brooklyn-based Plug Ugly Films shingle, Sládek also serves as NYC Consultant for SAGindie. His most recent live theatrical production was Richard Dresser’s dark comedy Below the Belt at Westbeth Arts. A 2013 Acker Award recipient, he has directed and produced multiple short films and music videos, including the animated short We Live On Your Street (Slamdance, Anarchy & Jury Awards). Sládek has directed and produced commercial works for clients such as Maxim, UGO, Fashion Week Daily, and Interview Magazine, and provided production services for clients such as BAM, Clinton Global Initiative, ISSUE Project Room, Visual Goodness, and more. He designs all Plug Ugly Films marketing materials, has worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as Mean Magazine, as Filmmaker Coordinator for Tribeca Film Festival, as Talent Coordinator for MTV News, and as Personal Assistant to author Jamaica Kincaid. Sládek entered the entertainment industry as an actor, studied theater in college, and spent most of his youth in the theater. He was raised in Denver and Southern California.

Erica Fae (Woman) has had recurring roles on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire (Season 5) and Doll & Em (Season 2). Her other credits include: Synecdoche New York, The Savages, Little Children, Please Give, Baby Mama, The Music Never Stops, East of Acadia, and Law & Order.  She also worked for a month as a rehearsal actress with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Charlie Kaufman on Synecdoche New York.  Original work includes the lead role of Alice Paul in her play, Take What Is Yours, co-written with Jill A. Samuels in which The New York Times deemed her "excellent as the poised martyr Alice." Of the play, the New Yorker said "Fae, who conceived of the play, brings Paul, a magnificently brave woman, to life with a light touch and intelligent humor." Erica graduated from New York University/Tisch School and creates and produces original work, often from historical research. She appeared in Lisa Robinson's ground breaking short Hollow (2013). She has won awards for Best Actress and Best Short for her short films, and has performed at New York Theatre Workshop, The Kennedy Center, Walker Arts Center, American Repertory Theatre, The New Victory, A.C.T., and Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, and Dance Theater Workshop. Erica teaches physical acting at Yale School of Drama and The New School's MFA programs. Fae’s first feature film, To Keep The Light, is currently in festival submission.

Antonio David Lyons (Man) is an actor, poet, musician, playwright and activist. He was born in December 1971 in Hollywood, Florida, and is known for his roles in American History X (1998), Hotel Rwanda (2004) and The Sum of All Fears (2002). Splitting his time between South Africa and NYC, Antonio can be seen regularly on South African television including a memorable role on the prime time drama, Generations. Antonio is the creator of “We Are Here”, a social activism campaign that in South Africa that utilizes discoursive play to engage men and boys in themes of gender violence, identity, relationships and HIV/AIDS. He's also the co-creator of "The WHY Factor," which is a series of workshops that uses applied theatre techniques to help men and boys develop life and decision making skills. His playwright credits include Celebration, Beautiful Struggle, and We Are Here and he has completed two solo music projects, Human Jewels and We Dance We Pray. Antonio earned his MA in Applied Theatre at the City University of New York.

Ramsey Fendall (Cinematrographer, Co-Producer) is a cinematographer, editor and co-founder of Room 5 Films, a New York City-based production company. As director of photography, Ramsey has worked on numerous short and feature length films, as well as a variety of commercial projects. His camera credits include Death of a Pop Star (Glasgow, 2011), Works of Art (San Francisco Asian American Film Festival, 2010), A Peace of Autumn (Cannes, 2014) and the feature length films Con Artist (Tribeca, 2009), Kisses, Chloe (Hamptons International Film Festival, 2009), BAM150 (Tribeca, 2012), and most recently, Seymour: An Introduction, directed by Ethan Hawke (Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festival, 2014). When he's not behind the camera, Ramsey also works as an editor on documentary and narrative fiction films, including Moving Midway (New Directors/New Films 2008), Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy (Amsterdam, 2009), and most recently A Woman Like Me (SxSW, HotDocs and BAM Cinemafest, 2015).

Sarah Garvey (Producer) is a creative consultant, producer, and veteran public relations professional who currently serves as BAM’s Associate Director of Publicity and as Secretary of the Board of Directors at ISSUE Project Room, where she formerly served as Communications Director. She recently produced a successful theatrical run of Richard Dresser’s dark comedy Below the Belt at Westbeth Arts as well as the short film All Against the Sea for Plug Ugly Films. She has independently consulted on communication strategies for Atlantic Pictures, Moby, Plug Ugly Films, Food + Wine, and Cooke Wax Partnership amongst others. Past work experience includes directing communications for Scandinavia House and Time Inc. where she managed publicity departments at Entertainment Weekly and This Old House. Before arriving at Time Inc., Sarah was a Senior Publicist at Gemstar TV Guide. She began her career at the public relations agencies Kortenhaus Communications in Boston, and Dan Klores Communications in NYC. A graduate of Boston University, Sarah also studied European Diplomatic History at Franklin College, Switzerland, and has completed fine art studio course work at Pratt Institute and The Brooklyn Museum.