ROBERT SCHNEIDER (author): His first novel, Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep) appeared in 1992 and immediately became a worldwide success, with over 200 reviews. Translated into 24 languages, Schneider received numerous awards including the Premio Grinzane Cavour (the most important literary prize in Italy for foreign-language literature), the Prix Médicis (Paris, France), among many others. In 1993, his dramatic monologue, DRECK (DIRT) premiered at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. The piece was awarded the Dramatist's Prize at the "Potsdam Theater Days," and was selected by the jury as the "best contemporary stage work".

PAUL DVORAK (translator): Professor of German at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where he has been teaching German language, literature, and culture since 1974. He also serves as program coordinator for the six residential language programs that comprise the Virginia Governor?s Foreign Language Academy. His area of research expertise is modern German, and especially Austrian, literature. In addition to Robert Schneider?s Dreck (Dirt), he has published translations by and about Arthur Schnitzler, Franz Kafka, Stephan Hermlin, and Alfred Kolleritsch, among others. A frequent traveler to Europe, he has been the recipient of several Fulbright and National Endowment for the Humanities awards for study in Germany and Austria. He is presently editing volume two of Modern Austrian Prose: Interpretations and Insights for Ariadne Press.

DAVID ROBINSON (director): Recent credits include God’s Country, Coriolanus, Into the Woods, Blinding Light, Sisyphus, Revenge, Un-conscious, Lovers and Madmen at venues such as Seattle Shakespeare, Greenstage, American Play Lab, Brit/American Theatre Festival, Dimensions Theatre Project.

CHRISTOPHER DOMIG * (actor): Recent NYC credits include first national tour of Great Expectations (Pip) with TheatreworksUSA, world premiere of Secrets, (Karl Jung) at the Player’s Club. Regional Credits: Colorado Shakespeare Festival. WaterTower Theatre, Greenstage in Seattle. International Credits: Der Kleine Hobbit, Der Zerrissene, Lystrata. MFA Southern Methodist University

JORDAN CRAVEN (photographer): Writer, and photographer. Current resident of Nashville, Tennessee

(*) are AEA members involved in the production