Isabella Dawis is a Filipina-American writer and performer from Minneapolis. As a bookwriter and lyricist, she is the recipient of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, the Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre, and the Fred Ebb Award. Her musical with composer Tidtaya Sinutoke, HALF THE SKY, is the recipient of the Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award and the 5th Avenue Theatre’s First Draft Commission. Recently, Isabella served as composer and live musician for Ten Thousand Things’ TWELFTH NIGHT. Her writing has been supported by Musical Theatre Factory, Loghaven, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Theater Mu, the Kurt Weill Foundation, Weston Theater Company, Tofte Lake Center, the O’Neill, the Atlanta Opera, the American Opera Project, Theater Latté Da, the Coalition of Asian American Leaders, and more.

Ikumi Kuronaga is a London-based producer working across stage and screen. With her background living in Syria, Japan, the Philippines, Brazil, France, the U.S., and the U.K., she has a passion for producing culturally diverse stories for a global audience. After lead producing 10 musicals and plays at Avex Entertainment, she moved to NYC and worked at some Broadway offices including Alchemation and Jujamcyn Theaters. Ikumi also developed films and scripted tv shows at Amazon Studios and worked alongside Anne Thomopoulos, Co-Head of Legendary Global, assessing and developing international scripted TV pitches and scripts. She is currently developing and producing film, scripted tv, and musical projects for Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc. Recent producing credits: Tokyo Vice S2 starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe (Max) and A Night at the Kabuki with music by Queen and written and directed by Hideki Noda (Sadler's Wells Theatre). MFA Theatre Management and Producing at Columbia University.