Christopher Donahue is very happy to make his Writers debut. In Chicago, he has appeared at Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Remains Theatre and Stories on Stage. He has performed at theatres across the country, including Arena Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Circle in the Square, Classic Stage Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Yale Repertory Theatre and many others.

Rae Gray returns to Writers where she appeared in The Real Thing. National Tour: To Kill a Mockingbird. Broadway: The Real Thing (Roundabout). International: The Beacon (Druid/Gate, IRL). Chicago: Prayer for the French Republic (Northlight); Graveyard Shift, The Little Foxes, A Christmas Carol (Goodman); Domesticated, Slowgirl, The Book Thief, Wedding Band (Steppenwolf); King Charles III (Chicago Shakespeare). Regional: Slowgirl (Geffen), Queens (La Jolla Playhouse). TV: A League of Their Own, Justified: City Primeval, The Rookie, American Rust, Power Book IV: Force, Fear the Walking Dead, Grace and Frankie, Sea Oak, Boardwalk Empire, Shameless, The Resident, Chicago Fire, PD, and Med. Animated TV: Bossy Bear, Adventure Time. Film: Slice (A24), I Do…Until I Don’t, The Robbery (Sundance Selection). Rae is a graduate of the University of Chicago. @heyraegray

Bobby Kennedy is the Director of Artistic Development at Writers Theatre. He has been the resident dramaturg at the theatre since 2008 and has led the theatre's new work program since 2014. Highlights of his tenure include the world premieres of Dhaba on Devon Avenue by Madhuri Shekar, Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess, Dishwasher Dreams by Alauddin Ullah, Witch by Jen Silverman, Trevor by Dan Collins and Julianne Wick-Davis, The Hunter and the Bear by PigPen Theatre Co., and Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf by Tim Sniffen; the national premieres of Quixote: On the Conquest of Self by Mónica Hoth, Claudio Valdés Kuri, and Georgina Escobar, and The Dance of Death by Conor McPherson; and the Chicago premieres of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, A Distinct Society, Tiger Style!, Athena, The Last Match, The Niceties, Vietgone, Smart People, and Marjorie Prime. His dramaturgy credits also include the world premieres of Give It All Back (SideShow Theatre Company), Body and Blood (The Gift Theatre), Ibsen is Dead (Interrobang Theatre Project) and The Peacock (Jackalope Theatre Company), as well as the midwest premiere of The Luck of the Irish (Next Theatre Company). Kennedy co-founded The Spontaneous Theater Project in Boston and has also worked with Huntington Theatre Company and New Repertory Theatre. He is an alumnus of Boston University.