The Women of _______ (a song not song)

I-Chia Chiu is a storyteller. She writes plays, poems and fairy tales and is passionate about devising, teaching and directing. For Chiu, storytelling has two purposes: to heal wounds and to give a voice to the silent. She is currently a M.F.A. in Playwriting candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Her works have been developed by Stumbling Ostrich, a theatre ensemble she founded in Taiwan. She has received funding from the New Artist Award Program from the Ministry of Culture in Taiwan to develop her work. ichiachiu.weebly.com

kt shorb is a director, writer and performer. They are the founder and producing artistic director of Generic Ensemble Company. Directorial work includes: 893 | Ya-ku-za, Scheherazade; Voices from Death Row; The Mikado: Reclaimed; Robin Hood: An Elegy; What's Goin' On?; Stuck on Gee-Dot; Radio Kaduna and a tortoise walks majestically on window ledges. They are pursuing a Ph.D. in Performance as Public Practice at The University of Texas at Austin. They sit on the Board for the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists and have been an invited fellow for the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation. ktshorb.net