Kelly Hanson is a New York-based designer and director/creator of new performance works. She has collaborated with Monica Bill Barnes on dozens of shows over the past decade. Additional scenic design credits include Bill Irwin’s The Happiness Lecture at Philadelphia Theatre Company, John Clancy’s Fatboy in NYC and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Fringe First Award), Flags (Off-Broadway), and King Stag at Seattle Rep. Kelly currently spends her days art directing at NBC for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. She is also Co-Artistic Director of Human Company, which is devoted to the creation of new physical theatre works. With Human Company, she developed and directed Orpheus and Eurydice (2007) and Is It True What They Say About Dixie? www.humancompany.org

Jane Cox has collaborated with Monica for more than a decade, and the work continues to be central to Jane's creative life. Jane also designs opera (most recently Don Giovanni at New York City Opera); and theater. New York theater includes Dame Edna and Come Back Little Sheba on Broadway, and designs for the Public Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music; Playwrights Horizons; Signature Theatre; NYTW. Jane also has a long-term collaboration with choreographer Doug Varone, with whom she was awarded a Bessie in 2007. She teaches theater design at Princeton University and Vassar College.