Rhianna Basore
Rhianna Basore (Emily Dickinson) is an international actor, award-winning director, and published writer who made her feature filmmaking debut in Reykjavik with Crapshoot! She's appeared Off-Broadway and abroad, co-created the web series In The Zoom Room, and founded Self Trust Fund and Miz. Understood Media. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, LA Times, and New York Times, exploring the surreal intersections of identity, desire, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are meant to be.

Todd Blakesley
A native San Diegan, Todd Blakesley (Walt Whitman) has worked as a theater artist and administrator for more than 60 years. Founded Theatre: Research & Development, Inc. (1971) developing the Dream Immersion Theater experience; Artistic Director of the Crystal Palace Theatre (‘71-’76) dedicated to developing new works. Co-founded Women’s Repertory Theatre (2001). San Diego Critics Circle nominee: Best New Play for Cigars & Stripes, 1984; Outstanding Featured Actor Eurydice - Moxie Theatre, 2010; Outstanding Solo performance TRU - Diversionary Theatre 2014. His original film Crapshoot! or Why Al Voted for Trump: A Love Story opened the 2020 Reykjavik Fringe Festival.

Paul Maley
Paul Maley (Mark Twain) graduated from UCLA’s Theatre program in 1984. He and his wife Sharon moved to San Diego in 1990 to work at Lamb’s Players Theatre, where Paul spent 20 years on staff as a performer/educator. LPT credits include The Boys Next Door, See How They Run, Metamorphoses, and over 2,000 educational outreach performances. He has also performed with SeaWorld, the San Diego Symphony, Oceanside Theatre Co., Scripps Ranch Theatre, The Salvation Army, and his family’s own company StageWorks!

Steve Smith
Steve Smith (Henry David Thoreau) is an actor, director, and teaching artist specializing in Shakespeare, stage combat, and developing new plays. Most recently, he's been recognized with a Best Actor award for his work in Perseids at the Hollywood Short + Sweet Festival. Write Out Loud audiences may know him as Henry David Thoreau in Ripples From Walden Pond. Elsewhere around San Diego, he most frequently works as a director and actor/mentor at the Theatre School at North Coast Rep, has served as Shakespeare consultant and New Works Festival Producer for New Village Arts, an instructor for Playwrights Project, and more.