"Her pain will turn to poison in your blood..." - UMMA (2022)

RORY KELSCH is a writer, actor, and storyteller. She has performed original CNF at Woodstock Bookfest Storyslams, Generation Women, and with What's Your Story NJ? an intimate, fun night of backyard storytelling she co-produces in Northern NJ. “Speak your truth, strengthen community, and engage in the hilarious and healing power of stories." Her writing is featured in Pendemic: Writing the Current Plague (pendemic.me), The Daily Drunk (thedailydrunk.com) and in the anthology, I Am Strength: True Stories of Everyday Superwomen (Alyssa Waugh, Editor. Blind Faith Books). Rory has appeared in some TV commercials and Off-Broadway. She’s also worked as a server, bartender, caterer, babysitter, dogwalker, receptionist, cpr instructor, building superintendent, cheesemonger, oyster shucker, carpet-cleaning customer service representative, home decor sales rep, special events project manager, box office clerk—once for BabyGap, and she still has nightmares—and tour guide. Oh and there’s a pretty good marriage and 2 reasonably happy kids in there …somewhere.

Erin Quill is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon. She is a Dual Citizen of Australia and the USA. She was an OBC member of TONY Award-winning musical, AVENUE Q. Other shows include DAVE, FLOWER DRUM SONG, KING & I, and so on. TV/Film include: Law & Order SVU, HBO's The Other Two, HBO's Pretty Little Liars Original Sin, Netflix's John Mulaney and the Sacklunch Bunch, CBS's The Blacklist, The Following, Showtime's Nurse Jackie, Damages S2, and many more. Currently, her short film, Queen Bessie's Gal, which was a piece of a larger project called ENTANGLEMENT, has been a film festival fave, including making it into the Cannes Film Festival, amongst over 30 others. She has also written the screenplay for THE MIKADO PROJECT, and the blog Fairy Princess Diaries, which gets her into constant trouble. She has a piece in the book, RISE: A history of Asian American Pop Culture from the 90's to now, and Theatre Blogging: The Emergence of a Critical Culture