Laura Thoma is an award-winning playwright and theatremaker originally from Tidewater, Virginia, who first fell in love with the art of storytelling through classical ballet. After the first half of her career as a dancer and choreographer ended abruptly due to injury, she found herself drawn to the page and is thrilled to have found her way back to her sacred space of theatre through writing.

Laura is the 2024 recipient of the GreenStage Artists' Award Grant in Drama, and her commissioned work Letter to My Soul will premiere at this year's festival in August. Laura is an alum of the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive, the National Playwrights' Symposium, Pawling Theatre Exchange Playwrights Residency, The Desert Playwrights Retreat, and THE OUTRAGE: A Queer Writers' Residency. She is a graduate of the Dramatist Guild Institute of Dramatic Writing and cofounder of Shoreline Playwrights, a partnership that develops new work.

Laura has developed her work with a variety of theaters and organizations, including The Bechdel Group, Legacy Theatre, Cape May Stage, Theatre Odyssey, Chestnut Street Playhouse, Marist College, Drama Works Theatre Company, GreenStage Guilford Live Arts, and the North American Cultural Laboratory.

When she's not writing, Laura can be found driving backroads and exploring old two-lane highways with her bookish wife, Chris, and their dog, Buddy Fitzwilliam.

Bobby is a theater director who hails from Florida, by way of Chicago & NYC. His career began as an actor/dancer before discovering his passion for directing. His work has been seen in many regional theaters across the country most notably Paramount Theater Aurora, Light Opera Works, Grand Geneva Resort, and Music by the Lake. His work was seen at the Greenstage Guilford Live Arts festival in 2023 with the premier reading of Yours In Words, written by Laura Thoma. He was lucky enough to participate in the inaugural directing fellowship at Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires and had the privilege of teaching theater to students in several Chicago area high schools. Outside of the theater he enjoys work in product design, sunny days at the beach, and cuddle time with his two rescue pits, Sasha & Malia. Remaining true to the human experience and always keeping a childlike curiosity is his motto—for rich storytelling can happen only when we keep space for ourselves and others to contribute their perspectives in a complex, holistic, and authentic way.