After earning a B.A. in political science and philosophy at the Université de Montréal, Olivier Kemeid graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada with a diploma in playwriting. He was a founding member of Trois Tristes Tigres, a Montreal theatre company that creates its own works. His plays have been performed at: Théâtre de Quat’Sous (Les Mains), Théâtre du Bic (Une ardente patience), Les Gros Becs (Quasi Umbra), Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental (Rabelais), Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal (Les Murmures), and Espace Libre (Tout ce qui est debout se couchera). Author in residence at the Festival des Francophonies en Limousin (May-June 2004) and the Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon (Centre national des écritures du spectacle, August 2007) in France, Olivier Kemeid is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Liberté. [-]

Her ten plays including Burning Vision, The Unnatural and Accidental Women, and Urban Tattoo have been presented on some of the most prestigious stages for Canadian and international work. As a writer, Marie Clements has worked in a variety of mediums including theatre, performance, film, multi-media, radio, and television. Her latest writing projects include her film Unnatural and Accidental invited to premiere at The MoMa Festival in New York, Toronto Film Festival, Calgary Film Festival, Edmonton Film Festival, Sudbury Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival and The American Indian Film Festival 2006. Her full-length play Copper Thunderbird will premiere at The National Arts Centre in Ottawa, May 2007. As a producer and director Marie has been involved in the development of over fifty productions of new work across forms and disciplines. She is currently playwright in residence at The National Arts Centre. [-]

Mighton has completed a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Toronto and has lectured in Philosophy at McMaster University. He held an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship for research in graph theory and knot theory at The Fields Institute and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto. For the past eight years, he has coordinated JUMP, a successful school program designed to tutor children who are having difficulties in math. (The Myth of Ability: Nurturing Mathematical Talent in Every Child, published by House of Anansi Press).

His plays, Scientific Americans, Possible Worlds, A Short History of Night, Body and Soul and The Little Years, have been performed across Canada, as well as in Europe, Japan and the United States and have won several national awards including a Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama. His play Possible Worlds was made into full-length feature film directed by renowned director/playwright Robert Lepage. In 2005, Half Life was produced by Necessary Angel Theatre Company in Toronto and went on to tour across Canada and Scotland. Half Life was recently honoured with two prestigious awards — The Elinor and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for Playwriting and the Governor Generals Award for Drama. In 2006, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and Neptune Theatre in Halifax co-produced The Little Years. Currently, John is working on his new book The End of Ignorance, to be published by Random House and released in May 2007. [-]