BARBARA PITTS (Dramaturg) has been invovled with The Laramie Project in all phases of its development (Sundance Theater Lab; Denver Center; Off-Broadway at the Union Square Theatre; Laramie, WY; Berkeley Rep; La Jolla Playhouse; and the HBO film). She has been involved in the creation of new plays in New York City since 1994, as an active member in the Circle Rep Lab, and as an associate director for New Georges (1996 Obie Award for new work by women). With New Georges she has appeared in Susan Bernfield’s Nice Chair and Leigh Fondakowski’s I Think I Like Girls (also Encore Theater/Black Sheep in San Francisco). Barbara’s solo Dorothy Parker show Excuse My Dust (cowritten and directed by Linda Ames Key) has performed in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Washington, and was a finalist for selection at Actors Theater of Louisville’s Flying Solo Festival. Selected regional credits as an actor: The Cherry Orchard, The Birthday Party, The Sound and the Fury, Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), As You Like It, Taming of the Shrew (Kate), Antigone, Lysistrata, Travesties. On television her credits include: Law and Order and Comedy Central’s Pulp Comics (with Wendy Liebman). Barbara has taught acting in many settings and authored numerous short plays for Scholastic’s Storyworks Magazine.

KELLI SIMPKINS (Dramaturg) has been a member of Tectonic Theater Project since July 1999 when she joined the company for a workshop of The Laramie Project at Sundance Theater Lab. She has performed her roles in The Laramie Project regionally at Denver Center Theater, Berkeley Rep, and La Jolla Playhouse, Off-Broadway at The Union Square Theatre, and at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. She will also been seen in the upcoming HBO film of The Laramie Project. Most recently, she played transgendered artist Daphne Scholinski in Leigh Fondakowski’s I Think I Like Girls at Thick House Theater in San Francisco. Film credits include A League of Their Own and Chasing Amy.

MAUDE MITCHELL (Dramaturg) worked as dramaturg/actor on The Laramie Project for a year. Previous work with Moisés Kaufman includes Queen Elizabeth in Marlowe’s Eye. She has enjoyed collaborating with other writer/directors as well, including Leigh Fondakowski, Joe Calarco, Lee Breuer, and Adam Rapp. Ms. Mitchell worked in Korea on a Mabou Mines project and recently was a guest artist at Juilliard in a new Adam Rapp play.