Lauren Whitehead is a writer, performer and dramaturg. She writes in several forms including poetry, adaptations and drama. Her poems have been published in POETRY magazine and Apogee Journal as well as in selected anthologies such as Break Beat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic and What Things Cost, the first anthology of labor writing in nearly a century. Whitehead adapted the text of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ award winning memoir, Between the World and Me for staging at the Apollo Theater, the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and for the TV adaptation on HBO. In 2022, Whitehead was a finalist for The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the oldest and largest playwriting prize honoring women writing in English. Her ten minute play, Cliff  & Clara & Her Baby was published by Concord Theatricals and is currently in development to be made into a short film. In her most recent performance, she originated the lead role of “Un/Sung” in the opera “We Shall Not Be Moved,” which she performed at the Wilma Theater, The Apollo Theater and the Stadsschouwburg Theater in Amsterdam. Currently, she is a Professor of Drama at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Aderemi “Remi” Abioye is a film and television producer whose work lives at the intersection of culture, character, and community. With a background spanning unscripted television and documentary storytelling, Remi has spent over a decade shaping character-driven narratives for major networks and platforms, while consistently championing underrepresented voices both in front of and behind the camera.

Recent projects include the PBS short documentary Love Reigns Supreme, a poetic meditation on love, lineage, and Black intimacy, alongside producing long-running unscripted series centered on relationships, ambition, and the messy truths people carry with them. Known for a collaborative spirit and a calm presence, Remi approaches each project with care—for the story, for the process, and for the people involved.