About the Artist

Rebecca Wright (Director) is a director-creator and a founding company member of Applied Mechanics, with whom she has created over a dozen original immersive works, most recently the science fiction epic Other Orbits. Other favorite projects include Indecent, The Hobbit, Backing Track, Pinocchio, Red Riding Hood (the Arden), Perfect Day and Spiritual Experience (The Private Theater), Always the Hour (Annie Wilson), Articles of Faith (Cynthia Hopkins), Wig Wag (Emily Bate), Close Music for Bodies (Michael Kiley), Head Over Heels (Theatre Horizon), Peaceable Kingdom (Orbiter 3), and her own adaptation of The Wild Duck (Quintessence Theater Group). Rebecca has contributed writing to publications by TCG, Ecotone, Routledge, and Haymarket. She is a two-time recipient of the Independence Fellowship in the Arts and a 2024 Pew Fellow.

Adriano Shaplin (Playwright, Performer, Sound Designer) has written plays for Pig Iron (Hell Meets Henry Halfway), New Paradise Laboratories (Freedom Club), the Royal Shakespeare Company (The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes), and The Riot Group (Wreck the Airline Barrier, Victory at the Dirt Palace, Pugilist Specialist, Sophie Gets the Horns). His first private theater piece, Perfect Day, was co-presented by Headlong Dance Theater in 2018. His plays have been translated and produced in Greece, Denmark, Brazil, India, Argentina, and Japan and have been published by Oberon books, Playscripts Inc, 53rd Street Press, and the Wadsworth Anthology of Drama.

Nikki Delhomme (Scenic and Costume Designer) is a Philadelphia-based designer with nearly 20 years of experience in theatre, dance, opera and film/tv. A recent transplant from NYC, Nikki brings a dramaturgical, scenography-based approach to world-building, and thrives in interdisciplinary teams. Recent Philly-area projects include The Hobbit (Arden Theatre),  Penelope (Theatre Horizon/PSF),  Poor Judge (Pig Iron),  Other Orbits (Applie

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