Sophia Skiles (she/her) is a New York City-based stage actor, acting teacher, facilitator, and citizen — purposefully blurring, disrupting, and bridging the boundaries of the stage, the classroom, and the public. … FULL BIO
Michael is a theater-maker who has spent 35 years leading process and facilitating conversation around complex public issues across the nation, as well as supporting and training arts, municipal, and non-profit staff in designing effective community programs, … FULL BIO
Katya Pavlevych is an advisor on the issue of abducted children at Razom for Ukraine. She has been advocating for the return of Ukrainian stolen children since 2022 and is a founder of the Forget Us Not – … FULL BIO
Raghad Makhlouf is an accomplished actress, director, and teaching artist, and a two-time Helen Hayes Award nominee. She is thrilled to join The Art of Care initiative as the Associate Director. … FULL BIO
Mykola Kuleba is a Ukrainian public and political figure, founder and CEO of Save Ukraine, and president of Children’s Rescue Service. Kuleba previously served as the Commissioner for Children’s Rights and head of children’s services in Kyiv. … FULL BIO
Caroline Hatem was born in Beirut in 1976, when the Lebanese civil war erupted. Her father taught philosophy, and her mother, dance. She found out quite early how to face turmoil with art and books. … FULL BIO
Iryna Harets is a distinguished playwright, writer, screenwriter, theatre director, and psychologist. Recognized as a finalist and laureate in various Ukrainian and international drama and literary competitions, she has made significant contributions to the arts. … FULL BIO
Marta Górnicka is a theatre director, author, and rediscoverer of choral principles. Górnicka creates a unique form of chorus theatre, where voices and bodies, individually or together, are intrinsically political instruments. … FULL BIO
Jasmin Cardenas is an award-winning bilingual storyteller, deviser, cultural worker, published writer, filmmaker, arts educator, and activist. Born to Colombian immigrants, Jasmin has always lived between worlds being told she’s not fully American in the U.S. … FULL BIO
Laura Cahill is an Emmy-nominated writer and teacher from New York City. She’s the founder of Young Playwrights Ukraine and Cahill Writers Lab. She received nominations for Emmy, Independent Spirit and Writers’ Guild Awards for HBO’s Hysterical Blindness, … FULL BIO
Dr. Andrii Bondarenko – playwright, journalist, culturologist, PhD in Philosophy. Co-founder of Playwrights Theatre in Kyiv. Participant of the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings Project curated by John Freedman. Currently works as dramaturgist at Lviv PuppetTheatre (Ukraine). … FULL BIO
George Brant is an American playwright and librettist whose award-winning plays and operas have been seen at leading theaters around the world. His celebrated play Grounded has been performed in dozens of countries including at The Public Theater in New York, and was adapted into an opera with composer Jeanine Tesori that was recently performed to great acclaim at the Metropolitan Opera. Brant has been commissioned by the Met to write The Mothers of Kherson, a new opera about Russia’s abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children, which will premiere in Warsaw next Fall in advance of its New York premiere at the Met. Read More George Brant