Cast & Creative

Dante Fuoco (writer, performer)

is a queer educator, performer, and writer based in Brooklyn. A recent Edward F. Albee Foundation fellow, Dante has staged theater work at Dixon Place, Under St. Marks Theater, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Moss Arts Center, Brick Aux, and elsewhere. As a poet, Dante also has writing published in several places, most notably Split Lip Magazine, DIAGRAM, Poets.org, and The Offing. His vast education work includes working as an elementary special education teacher in New Orleans and a restorative justice practitioner in New York City public schools. An avid swimmer, Dante teaches swim lessons to adults in the city.

Clara Wiest (director)

(she/they) is a director, movement director, intimacy coordinator and conceptual artist based in Brooklyn. Their work is experiential, experimental, and collaborative, exploring presence, process, and the dynamic relationship between performer and audience. Clara’s practice is driven by a deep curiosity about human expression and connection. Their work has been shown at: Denver Fringe, The Brick, Five Myles Gallery, Dixon Place, Mitu580, IATI Theater, Tribeca Film Festival (God’s Lonely Magician, dir. Walker Higgins) and elsewhere.

Xander De Luca (producer)

is the founder of XDL Studios, an audience development firm specializing in arts and entertainment. He previously served on the audiences team at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, where he worked to connect new audiences with world-class theatre.