Paul S. Benford-Bruce: (Uncle) after a brief hiatus, Paul is thrilled to make his debut with the Underground Railway Theatre. Other credits include: August Wilson play reading series, UMass, Boston, (Eddie), Duck And Cover at The West End Studio Theatre, Portsmouth, NH, (Crime Scene Witness) PBS  Documentary, Brains On Trial, hosted by Alan Alda, (Imam) in The Moment at The Apollinaire Theater, Chelsea Ma. (Father) in Write Something for Me, The Apollinaire Theater, (Cheswick) in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at The Player’s Ring, Portsmouth, NH, (Judge Rufus B. Hayes) in Oy Yea, Oy Vey, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, (won best play in the 2010 Playwrights’ Platform 38th Annual Festival of New Plays, (Chuck) in Stories I Never Told My Daughter at Players’ Ring, (Crooks) in Of Mice and Men at the Players’ Ring, (The Teacher) in The Visit, Apollinaire In The Park,  (Midge) in I’m Not Rappaport at the MillPond Center for The Arts, Durham, NH.  Love you Tanishpas.

Tom Stoppard’s other work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead(Tony Award), Jumpers, Travesties (Tony Award), Night and Day, After Margritte, The Real Thing (Tony Award), Enter a Free Man, Hapgood, Arcadia(Evening Standard Award, The Oliver Award and the Critics Award), Dallianceand Undiscovered Country, Indian Ink (a stage adaptation of his own play, In the Native State) and The Invention of Love.

His radio plays include The Dissolution of Dominic Boot, ‘M’ is for Moon Among Other Things, If You’re Glad I’ll Be Frank, Albert’s Bridge (Italia Prize), Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending A Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died andIn the Native State (Sony Award).

His work for television includes Professional Foul (Bafta Award, Broadcasting Press Guild Award). His film credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which he also directed (winner of the Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival).

Danai Gurira is an award-winning playwright and actress. As a playwright, her works include In the Continuum (OBIE Award, Outer Critics Award, Helen Hayes Award), Eclipsed (NAACP Award; Helen Hayes Award, Best New Play; Connecticut Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Production of a Play), and The Convert (six Ovation Awards, Los Angeles Outer Critics Award). Danai’s new play Familiar received its world premiere at Yale Rep in 2015 and will premiere in New York at Playwrights Horizons in Winter 2016. All her works explore the subjective African voice. She is the recipient of the Whiting Award, is a former Hodder Fellow, and has been commissioned by Yale Rep, Center Theatre Group, Playwrights Horizons, and the Royal Court. She is currently developing a pilot for HBO. As an actor, she has appeared in the films The Visitor, Mother of George, 3 Backyards, and the television show Treme, among others. She currently plays Michonne on AMC’s The Walking Dead. She is the co-founder of Almasi Collaborative Arts, which works to give access and opportunity to the African Dramatic Artist. almasialliance.org.

Gregory Maguire received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University. His work as a consultant in creative writing for children has taken him to speaking engagements across the United States and abroad. He is a founder and codirector of Children’s Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. The author of numerous books for children, Mr. Maguire is also a contributor toAm I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence, a collection of short stories for gay and lesbian teenagers.