Alex Lonati (Director) is a Boston-based director, producer, and arts administrator. She directs throughout the city, including at SpeakEasy Stage Company (The Antiquities; Cost of Living), Greater Boston Stage Company (Webster’s Bitch – upcoming), Umbrella Arts (The Counter), and Brown Box Theatre Project (The Hotel Nepenthe; Don’t Feed the Bear), as well as at local colleges and universities. Professionally, she serves as SpeakEasy Stage’s Director of Artistic & Community Programs, is the President of the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund (TCBF), and serves on the Leadership Committee of the Boston Area Theatre Auditions (BATA). She is also an Adjunct Professor of Arts Management and Design Collaboration: Directing at Emerson College. Alex holds an MS in Arts Administration from Boston University and a BA in Theatre Studies Directing from Emerson College, where she hosted Standing Room Only on 88.9 WERS.

Nina Faso made her directorial debut with Peter Ustinov’s, THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE. Following a stint with the improvisational comedy group: The Committee, she became one of the creators of GODSPELL and directed most major productions of the show in America and Europe. She then took THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW from Los Angeles to Broadway. She co-adapted and co-directed the musical, WORKING based on Studs Terkel’s book, for the Goodman Theater in Chicago and for Broadway. She co-wrote the teleplay for WORKING for the PBS series AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE. She is the author and director of the children’s television special, THE FABLE COMPANY, and the co-producer and co-director of a short film called SING FOR YOUR LIFE. Among her other directing credits are the musicals JUST ONCE and IS IT JUST ME, OR IS IT HOT IN HERE? which enjoyed long runs in New York and Los Angeles, respectively.