Ronald K. Brown is the founder and artistic director of the New York-based contemporary dance ensemble, Evidence, A Dance Company, (founded in 1985).  Besides choreographing for Evidence, he has also created work for the African American Dance Ensemble, Philadanco, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance

Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator, and speaker whose dance/theater works have been seen both throughout the United States and abroad.  Her work ranges from abstract, to personal, to political, and her creative process focuses on research and collaboration with da

Melissa James Gibson is at once an anomaly among contemporary playwrights and a sterling emblem of her contemporary theatrical period.  As anomaly, she imbues each work with a singular integrity that seems almost defiant of the current overriding trend of theatrical collectives and hive-minde