Islander

Draper is based in Somerset, UK. She has directed projects at venues ranging from community halls to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her passion is creating musical theater. Recent shows include Islander (Off-Broadway, Southwark Playhouse, Summerhall, Scotland tour, Radio 4 and Dundee Rep film), Day of the Living (RSC) and These Trees are Made of Blood (Southwark Playhouse, Arcola).

Nicol is a Glaswegian director and playwright. Credits as Director include: Svengali (Pleasance/Pitlochry Festival Theatre), I Can Go Anywhere (Traverse), The Drift (National Theatre of Scotland). Credits as Writer include: If You’re Feeling Sinister (BBC Arts/Avalon), One Life Stand (Middle Child). Credits as Associate Director include: What Girls Are Made Of (Raw Material/Traverse).

Melton is a writer and dramaturg from Aberdeen, Scotland. His scripts include Seesaw for Unicorn Theatre, digital play Distance Remaining, audio drama Time Lapse and Two Endless Minutes for Young Vic. His dramaturgical work includes Time Lapse and Two Endless Minutes for Young Vic. His dramaturgical work includes projects for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic, and Hull Truck.

Anderson is a Scottish writer and songwriter whose work has been performed across the world. He has co-created four award-nominated musicals, tackling diverse subject matter and wide-ranging styles of music. His solo albums, and cast recordings of Islander and A Mother’s Song are available on all major online music stores and streaming sites.

Bailey, a Bartlett School of Architecture UCL and Motley Theatre Design Course graduate, won the prestigious Linbury Prize for Stage Design in 2011 for Roy Orbison in Clingfilm. Nominated at the Drama Desk Awards for Best Scenic Design for Six the Musical, Bailey’s designs have graced global stages like the Lena Horne Theatre on Broadway, Vaudevillle Theatre West End, Glastonbury, and Sydney Opera House. She is actively involved in theater workshops and is a member of the architects’ association STORE.

Wilkinson works internationally as a lighting designer for theater, dance, and opera. Highlights include the world premiere of Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK & Ireland), Islander (New York / London / Edinburgh), Vanishing Point’s Metamorphosis (Scotland / Italy), Vox Motus’s Flight (worldwide) and Robert Lepage’s production of The Magic Flute (Quebec City). Over the years, his lighting has created a Guinness World Record, brought thousands of people to a windswept forest, and caused reports of an alien invasion.

Jang is an activist stylist and costume designer using their passion for the fiber arts to upcycle garments and offer affordable affirming styling outside the limiting size and gender binaries of capitalism. Credits include: Hurricane Diane (The Huntington), BLUSH (Soho Rep), Here We Are, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Theatre for One, HVSF), Missing Them (The City, The Working Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Public Theater Mobile Unit), Sister Mok-rahn (Princeton University). Hahnji.com (they/them)

Kusnetz is a sound and projection designer who works in New York City and around the world. Favorite designs include Assassins at Classic Stage Company, the world premiere of When We’re Gone at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, and Islander, of course! Kusentz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists and the founder of Team Sound, a creator of theatrical tools.