SAMUEL NEAGLEY (Writer, Lyricist, Composer, Producer, Cope) has worked bicoastally as an actor, writer, musician, director and producer. In Los Angeles, Samuel performed and learned in spaces such as Howard Fine Acting Studio, LA Connection Comedy, and UCB. He took the stage at venues including The Comedy Store, Lyric Hyperion, and Los Angeles Theater Center. His years in LA culminated in composing and acting in the original musical A Self Help Guide to Killing Your Boss, which remains one of his proudest works. Samuel moved to New York and founded Blue Otter Theatre, seeking to uplift new voices in the arts. Since he founded his company, he has developed a variety of new works including, The Cigar Lounge at The Brick Theater’s Unstageable Festival (2018),  All That Glitters Is Sold though Burlington City Arts (2021), “Not Paul” at the The Producers Club (2022), and Time Biter at Soho Playhouse and The Players Theater (2023). He recently had his Off Broadway debut in Little Christmas Miracles at Actors Temple Theater. For more information on Samuel’s past works through Blue Otter Theatre, please see the official website here.

LAURA COLLELUORI (Director, Producer) is a director, producer, and dramaturg based in NYC. She is the Production Manager at Market Road Films, where she recently produced the Peabody-nominated podcast UNFINISHED: DEEP SOUTH and the Oscar®-shortlisted, Emmy-nominated short documentary TAKEOVER. On stage, Laura directed the Off-Broadway premiere of TIME BITER by Caroline Dunaway, which won the Audience Favorite Award in Soho Playhouse’s Lighthouse Series and received a self-produced residency at The Players Theatre. Most recently, she produced the world premiere of Patrice Danae Bell’s THE ONE WITH VIOLETS IN HER LAP, a play with music based on the poetry of Sappho, at The Flea. She is a former Drama League Art+Party resident, where she devised the original piece HATORI’S NIGHTTIME MOVERS inspired by the artwork of Jack Ball. She has worked regionally and internationally with companies including Lookingglass Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Cara Mia Theatre, Compagnia Teatrale Cantharide, and more. Laura holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts & Italian Studies from Dickinson College, with additional training from Yale University, the University of Bologna & the Funny School of Good Acting. For more information, please visit her website here.