Be The Death of Me - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Leonie Ettinger is a Ph.D. student in the German Department at NYU, where she focuses on trauma studies, 20th century drama, and Frankfurt School critical theory. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Media Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London and an M.A. in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts. As a theater producer and dramaturg, she has worked with various companies in New York, such as The Living Theatre, The Civilians, and Brave New World Repertory Theatre. Her recent publication “Slavoj Žižek, Donald Trump, and the Left” appeared in The Platypus Review. ... read more Meridith was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She received her BA from Connecticut College, and her MFA in Writing for the Stage & Screen from Northwestern University. Her plays have been workshopped and presented at The Kennedy Center, Curious Theatre Company, the NNPN National New Play Showcase, New Repertory Theatre, The Lark, The Greenhouse Theatre Center, Actor's Express, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and Playwrights Horizons. She was the NNPN Playwright-in-Residence at Curious Theatre Company for their 2010-2011 season, a 2012-2013 Dramatist Guild Fellow, and is the recipient of a 2013-2014 ... read more Deepali Gupta’s work as a writer and performer ranges from original music for new plays, to pop songwriting, to experimental musical theatre. Her work has been presented at Lincoln Center, New York City Center, The Public (Under the Radar), Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, The Bushwick Starr, JACK, The New Ohio, Vital Joint, 3LD Art & Technology Center, Harvard University, and The Invisible Dog. Recent projects as a composer include original music for Madonna col bambino, Cute Activist, The Electrolysis Farewell Tour, Sehnsucht, Ski End, and Minor Character. She is an Affiliated Artist with The Civilians and Target Margin Theater, as ... read more Mimi Lien is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera. Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company, and co-founder of JACK, a performance/art space in Brooklyn. Recent work includes Signature Plays, John (Signature Theatre), War, Preludes (LCT3), The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center), Black Mountain Songs (BAM/Brooklyn Youth Chorus), Appropriate (Mark Taper Forum), and An Octoroon (Soho Rep/TFANA). Mimi's designs for dance have been presented in the Netherlands, Russia, and Taiwan, and her stage designs have ... read more