David Lee (Kevin)
David Lee is an award-winning screenwriter, actor, and director having worked in New York, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee. David was most recently seen onstage in Cowboy vs. Samurai (Boulevard Theatre, Milwaukee), where he received warm reviews for his portrayal in the lead role of Travis. Prior to that, David played Audrey Hepburn, Elvis Presley, and himself in Readaptation on Hollywood's Theatre Row. IN Magazine hailed David's performance as Hepburn and Presley as "campy perfection." David originated the innovative improvisational stage play Torn, which has seen productions in New York and Los Angeles. Backstage West called Torn, “…essentially an ingenious and imaginative new form of theatre" and Rob Kendt, then at the LA Times, called “fascinatingly risky.” Other notable acting credits include: Windtalkers, directed by John Woo, Yuranosuke in 47 Ronin Samurai (NY), and George Antrobus in The Skin of our Teeth (SF). David wrote and directed the film The Marriage of Charlie Johnson. His short film Despair played the inaugural HB/lb Film Festival, which would later become Rooftop Films, and another short Storybook Endings premiered at the New York Independent Film Festival. David’s television pilot Kayfabe won Bronze at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. During the day, David serves as the CEO of Imagine MKE, Milwaukee’s coordinating office for arts and culture, where he leads a merry band of arts champions to build a stronger region powered by arts, culture, and creativity. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Ex Fabula and the advisory board of 89.7 WUWM Milwaukee’s NPR. David attended Vassar College where he received an AB in Film and Drama, and studied acting in a conservatory style high school program at the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.

Amber Regan (Danielle)
Artistic Director and Founder of Sunstone Studios, a small theater with a big heart located in Downtown Milwaukee's theater district, Amber Regan has successfully partnered real-life experiences with artistic expression. Classically trained at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Gately/Poole Acting Studio, The Actors Movement Studio under Loyd Williamson, and one very interesting semester at Ringling Brothers, Amber has made performance an essential piece of her life. A multi-faceted woman being, she has also written children's books, charter applications, grant applications, short stories, memoirs, and plays. Besides managing a family of fantastic humans, Amber is challenged and excited by her newest creation, Sunstone Studios, an artistic, welcoming, and nurturing homebase for all of Milwaukee.

Justina Walford (Playwright)
Justina Walford has dedicated her life to converging her skills and talents into a career in the performing and film arts. Most recently, Walford was the founder and festival director of Women Texas Film Festival, which celebrated a successful 5-year run from 2016-2020. Earlier in her career, Walford served as the artistic director of Split.Id Stage Performances in Hollywood. She is also a critically acclaimed writer and producer, including the horror thriller, LADIES OF THE HOUSE (2014) and her two-person play, EVOLUTION OF SUNDAY. Walford is dedicated to promoting the immense benefits of storytelling in all of its forms that move, shock, comfort, and inspire us. As such, she has served on a variety of boards over her career, including Sunday Assembly NYC, Women in Film Dallas, and Asian Film Festival Dallas. Walford has built a reputation for bringing diverse groups of people together to work collectively in shining a light upon the stories that shape our world, real or imagined. After two years rescuing street dogs in Southern Dallas, Justina was educated in the many inequities in Dallas, south of 30. In 2018, she ran for city council District 4, Dallas. And since then has volunteered as an advocate for a number of organizations, mainly in environmental equity, including Southern Sector Rising and Downwinders at Risk, both organizations known for fighting Shingle Mountain.

Linetta Alexander Islam (Director)
Linetta Davis is a playwright, actor and educator based in Milwaukee. Her first play, A Black Woman’s Burden: Her Journey from Pain to Freedom, is a choreopoem which presents four archetypes of modern day women who struggle with their relationships and self-worth while seeking restoration and renewal from childhood sexual abuse. The Shepherd Express compared Linetta’s work to that of Ntozake Shange’s, stating, “The slam-style mid-to-late ‘90’s spoken word style of Ntozake Shange’s stage drama is mirrored in the work of Milwaukee playwright/poet Linetta Davis.” Spanning genres, Davis has also written a romantic comedy, I Used to Love Him (2012), and a tragedy, The End of Hope (2013), as well as a memoir, Honey and Vinegar (2010), chronicling her cathartic writing experience as she grieved the death of her father. Davis is also director and founder of Rebirth Ink LLC, a firm specializing in publication, consulting, and productions. Linetta has sat as a guest panelist for Truth to Reconciling: “The Hidden Impact of Segregation”. Marquette University, was a featured speaker, SWAN Day MKE: “Women & Nature”. Urban Ecology Center and Guest Panelist, 80th Anniversary of “Their Eyes Were Watching God”. She has created and implemented community events to promote family literacy, Co-founded the Milwaukee Chapter of S.I.M.S.A., a rites of passage program for African American Girls, a member of The Table: A 1st Century style community in the 21st century, and most recently, directed and produced a virtual excerpt reading of her play, “The End of Hope”, a tragedy that confronts childhood abuse, domestic violence, and the need for trauma informed care.