Born in Los Angeles to a Mexican American father and a Dutch British Canadian mother, Christine Quintana is now a grateful visitor to the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people. Christine is an actor, playwright, producer, and dramaturg. Winner of an LA Drama Critic's Circle Award, Dora Mavor Moore Award, Jessie Richardson Theatre Award, Tom Hendry Award, and the Siminovitch Protégé Prize for Playwriting, as well as a nomination for the Governor General's Literary Award, Christine's works have been translated and performed in Spanish, French, German, and ASL in over ten cities worldwide. As a performer, she's acted on stages big and small, in a camper van, in neighborhoods across East Vancouver, and on a farm. Christine is a graduate of UBC's BFA Acting Program.

Mexican playwright, screenwriter, director, and translator Paula Zelaya-Cervantes graduated from UBC in Vancouver, Canada, with a double major in Theatre and Honours English Literature thanks to the support of the International Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship granted to only thirteen students worldwide each year. Paula has written and directed several plays including The Orbweaver/El Hilador (Teatro Helénico 2018, Mexico City; Vancouver Fringe Festival International Mainstage Selection, 2016) and 245 Acts of Unspeakable Evil, which she co-wrote with Ana González Bello and which won the Latino National Playwright Award granted by the Arizona Theatre Company and the Sharon Enkin Play for Young People Award granted by the Playwright's Guild of Canada. Paula has adapted and translated close to thirty plays, several of which she has also directed.