Paul has written and/or directed over 40 new works for Talking Band. He recently performed in "Existentialism," directed by Anne Bogart, and in the „600 Highwaymen”/Talking Band production of "The Following Evening." He has received an OBIE award for direction and three OBIE awards with the Open Theater and Winter Project directed by Joseph Chaikin. His accolades include The Frederick Loewe Award in Musical Theater, a Playwrights’ Center National McKnight Fellowship, and playwriting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Paul is a playwright alumnus of New Dramatists and served as Associate Professor Emeritus in Theatre at Smith College.​

Ellen has written, composed music for, or performed in a majority of Talking Band's works, including "Shimmer" and "Herringbone," co-written with Paul Zimet at the Mabou Mines Theater; "Existentialism," directed by Anne Bogart at La Mama; and "The Following Evening" with 600 Highwaymen at PAC-NYC. She received an NYC Women’s Fund Award for "Lemon Girls or Art for the Artless" and a Drama Desk Award for her performance in Clare Barron’s "Dance Nation" at Playwrights Horizons. Ellen was a member of the Open Theatre and has been honored with an Obie Award for Playwriting, the Frederick Loewe Award in Musical Theatre, McKnight and NYFA Playwriting Fellowships, and an NEA/TCG Award for Playwrights. She is also an alumnus of New Dramatists.​Ellen has written, composed music for, or performed in a majority of Talking Band's works, including "Shimmer" and "Herringbone," co-written with Paul Zimet at the Mabou Mines Theater; "Existentialism," directed by Anne Bogart at La Mama; and "The Following Evening" with 600 Highwaymen at PAC-NYC. She received an NYC Women’s Fund Award for "Lemon Girls or Art for the Artless" and a Drama Desk Award for her performance in Clare Barron’s "Dance Nation" at Playwrights Horizons. Ellen was a member of the Open Theatre and has been honored with an Obie Award for Playwriting, the Frederick Loewe Award in Musical Theatre, McKnight and NYFA Playwriting Fellowships, and an NEA/TCG Award for Playwrights. She is also an alumnus of New Dramatists.​

Dr. Ularu has extensive design credits in the USA and Europe, including theaters in Sweden, Northern Ireland, the UK, and Romania. He was the head of scenography at the National Theatre of Bucharest in Romania and served four years as a board member of The European League of the Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Nic has taught scene and/or costume design in various countries, including Romania, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Italy, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. Before his appointment as the Head of the MFA Program in Design at the University of South Carolina, he taught at institutions such as Smith College, the National Theatre School of Denmark, The National University of Theatre Arts and Cinematography "I.L. Caragiale" in Romania, and the National Arts University "N. Grigorescu" in Romania. In 2003, Nic received an OBIE award for outstanding achievement in Off-Broadway theater. His designs appeared in the USA entries at the Prague Quadrennial International Exhibitions of Scenography in 2007, 2003, and 1998. In 2005, Nic co-designed the exhibit and designed the poster for the World Stage Design Exhibition in Toronto, Canada, and was appointed by the United States Institute of Theatre Technology as the leading designer and curator of the USA National Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of 2007.​

Sabrina co-founded and serves as the Artistic Director of the Ko Festival of Performance in Amherst, MA. She worked extensively with the New York theatre company Mabou Mines in various capacities, including lighting design, production management, stage management, performance, and assistant direction. Her other credits include work at the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Goodman Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, and six years as Route Lighting Designer for New York’s Village Halloween Parade under the direction of Ralph Lee. Internationally, her lighting credits include work in cities such as Berlin, Bologna, Florence, Milan, London, Granada, Geneva, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, Brussels, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, at the Bristol Old Vic, the Theatre Academy in Tampere, Finland, and at the International Theatre Festival in Havana, Cuba. She has spent much of the past several years touring with Sandglass Theater as the lighting designer for their production of "D-GENERATION: An Exaltation of Larks," the show that closed Ko’s season on “Age & Aging.” In addition to her theater lighting, she has extensive experience working with many choreographers, including Sarah Zehender, Tatiana Desardouin, Kirstie Simpson, Laurie Booth, Alan Franco, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jennifer Pollins, Monica Bill Barnes, David Dorfman, Quest Visual Theatre, and Beau Jeste Moving Theatre.​

With a career spanning over 40 years,, Sean has designed over 200 productions for companies across Wales, the UK, and Europe. He became Head of Design at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) in 1999 and later took on the role of Director of Drama in 2011. In 2007, he was Project Leader and Co-Designer for the Prague Quadrennial Scenofest—an international festival of design and performance—and in 2013, as Project Leader for World Stage Design 2013, he helped bring 13,000 exhibitors, practitioners, and visitors to Cardiff. Sean was the exhibition manager at the Victoria and Albert Museum for the Make Space and Staging Places exhibitions for the Society of British Theatre Designers in 2015 and 2019 and served as a Curatorial Panel Member for Design for Performance at World Stage Design 2017 in Taipei. He was also a Juror for World Stage Design 2022 in Calgary. As both an educator and practitioner