500 Rats: A Love Story

BT Hayes is a multi-disciplinary artist from Pittsburgh, PA / Richmond, VA and based in NYC. Their queer sequel to Twelfth Night — 13th Morning — went to Edinburgh Fringe last summer. Short plays: My Titties Are Where I Keep the Horrors (Classic Stage, 24 Hour Plays: Nationals), Pashmina, the Duchess (In Confidence), Masha Eats What She Does Not Understand (The Tank). English-language translations: Love Among the Fireflies (Alex Adams ’07 Grant), mary stuart: a new translation (Robert & Lynn Fagles Thesis Prize). She is a member of the BMI Bookwriting Cohort, working on puppet-horror musical, “What Remains of Burke & Hare.” Upcoming work: Who’s Your Daddy? at the Brick AUX.

Em Hausmann is a Brooklyn-based Director/Theatre-Maker with a focus on new works development for shows that are wonderfully weird, silly, and otherworldly. Recent directing: MISS MONEY HONEYBEE (The Madison Theatre), CRABBY (Ars Nova/ANT Fest), SNOW BIRD (Brooklyn Art Haus), BEETHOVEN: LIVE IN CONCERT (Fort Salem Theater). Em is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and a Resident Director for the Neurodivergent New Play Series and Fresh Binder Productions. emhausmann.com @emhouseman

Beth Slade is a New York–based theatre artist and arts administrator originally from Florida. She currently serves as the General Management Coordinator at NYCC and is a 2025 CIPA Rising Producer Fellow and Moxie Incubator Producer. Beth has held Producing, Artistic, and General Management roles with The 24 Hour Plays, Baseline Theatrical, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Turnkey Theatrical, where she supported multiple commercial workshops and the ticketing team for the 77th Annual Tony Awards. Upcoming:i know why iris chang died (Esmé Maria Ng), The Order of Chaos (Will Wegner & Charlie Romano)