Helen Krich Chinoy
Helen Krich Chinoy (1922–2010) was an American theatre historian who documented the role of women in US theatre. She taught for over 25 years at Smith College where she became the professor emeritus of theatre.
Julia Cho
From whimsical comedies to nail-biting chillers, Julia Cho is one of the most versatile playwrights in the contemporary theater. Her plays have been produced at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre Company, Vineyard Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, South Coast Repertory, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Long Wharf Theatre, among others. She’s the recipient of a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and is an alumna of New Dramatists.
Georgia Christou
Georgia Christou is a playwright and screenwriter. Her first play Yous Two was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award in 2015, receiving a special commendation from the judges, and premiered at Hampstead Downstairs in 2018. Rocket Girl, written for Royal Central School of Speech and Drama students, was performed at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall, in 2015. Her short play How Not to Sink was written for the Women Centre Stage Festival and performed at Hampstead Theatre. Her play for young audiences, How to Spot an Alien, was premiered by Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd in 2018.
Mel Churcher
Mel Churcher is an international acting, dialogue and voice coach who has worked with companies including the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Young Vic, Royal Court Theatre and Graeae Theatre Company. She is one of the top acting and dialogue coaches in TV and movies, and has worked with some of the biggest stars of stage and screen.
She is the author of A Screen Acting Workshop (2011) and The Elemental Actor (2023), both published by Nick Hern Books.
Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill is a leading playwright who has written widely for the stage, television and radio.
Her stage plays include: Owners (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1972); Objections to Sex and Violence (Royal Court, 1975); Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Joint Stock, 1976); Vinegar Tom (Monstrous Regiment, 1976); Traps (Royal Court, 1977); Cloud Nine (Joint Stock, 1979); Three More Sleepless Nights (Soho Poly and Royal Court, 1980); Top Girls (Royal Court, 1982); Fen (Joint Stock, 1983); Softcops (RSC, 1984); A Mouthful of Birds with David Lan (Joint Stock, 1986); Serious Money (Royal Court and Wyndham's, London, then Public Theater, New York, 1987); Icecream (Royal Court, 1989); Mad Forest (Central School of Speech and Drama, then Royal Court, 1990); Lives of the Great Poisoners with Orlando Gough and Ian Spink (Second Stride, 1991); The Skriker (Royal National Theatre, 1994); Thyestes translated from Seneca (Royal Court, 1994); Hotel with Orlando Gough and Ian Spink (Second Stride, 1997); This is a Chair (Royal Court, 1997); Blue Heart (Joint Stock, 1997); Far Away (Royal Court, 2000, and Albery, London, 2001, then New York Theatre Workshop, 2002); A Number (Royal Court, 2002, then New York Theatre Workshop, 2004); A Dream Play after Strindberg (Royal National Theatre, 2005); Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (Royal Court, 2006, then Public Theater, New York, 2008); Bliss, translated from Olivier Choinière (Royal Court, 2008); Seven Jewish Children – a play for Gaza (Royal Court, 2009); Love and Information (Royal Court, 2012); Ding Dong the Wicked (Royal Court, 2012); Here We Go (National Theatre, 2015); Escaped Alone (Royal Court, 2016), Pigs and Dogs (Royal Court, 2016), Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. (Royal Court, 2019) and What If If Only (Royal Court, 2021).