a place called the middle

I-Chia Chiu is a theatre-maker and a storyteller. She writes plays, poems and fairy tales. She is also passionate about devising and teaching. Chiu strives to make her work with a focus on memory, reciprocity, mutual-invitation and community-building. Her works have been developed by Stumbling Ostrich, a theatre ensemble she founded in Taiwan. She is current a M.F.A. in Playwriting candidate at The University of Texas at Austin.

Adam L. Sussman is an award-winning theatre maker and M.F.A. in Directing candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent directing credits include The Merchant of Venice with Texas Theatre and Dance ("One of the top production of 2018" Austin American-Statesman) and The Tiny Banger (Trinity Street Players), a film and theatre piece by Alice Stanley about urban homelessness. Prior to moving to Austin, Sussman was the literary manager at Custom Made Theatre Company, a Bret C. Hard Directing Fellow at The Berkeley Repertory Theatre and a longtime participant and co-organizer of the International Home Theatre Festival. This is his third UTNT (UT New Theatre) production.