In a career spanning more than five decades, KATHLEEN CHALFANT’s performances on stage, screen and television have garnered her praise and acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Perhaps best known for her shattering portrayal of Vivian Bearing, a scholar battling cancer, in Wit, she received the Obie, the Drama Desk, the Lucille Lortel, the Outer Critics Circle, the Ovation, the Connecticut Critics Circle, the Garland and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for her work. Broadway: Angels in America (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Racing Demon, Dance with Me. She most recently appeared in Here There Are Blueberries at New York Theatre Workshop and The Year of Magical Thinking at Keen Company, Long Wharf, and Theatre Aspen. NYC/Off-Broadway: A Woman of the World, Wit (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Connecticut Critics Circle, Obie Awards), Hellzapoppin’ with Yvonne Rainer, Four Quartets (BAM), For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday, A Walk in the Woods (Drama Desk nom.), Talking Heads (Obie Award), Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Nine Armenians (Drama Desk nomination). Television/Film: “The Affair,” ”Rescue Me,” “The Blacklist,” “Elementary,” “High Maintenance,” “House of Cards,” “Madam Secretary,” “Duplicity,” “Old,” “Kinsey,” “Lackawanna Blues.” Chalfant currently stars in the acclaimed film Familiar Touch, winning Best Actress at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.

BRANDON FLYNN has quickly positioned himself as one of the most unique, versatile artists across television, film, and stage. Brandon just wrapped a heavily recurring guest star role on the Apple TV+ series “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” opposite Tatiana Maslany. He’s currently in production on the independent feature The Afters and is set to star in the psychological horror film Deluxe Ocean View opposite Elizabeth Perkins and T.R. Knight. Also this year, Brandon starred in the film Fucktoys, which won the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate at South by Southwest, and The Parenting  from New Line and HBO Max, alongside Brian Cox and Edie Falco. Brandon starred in Apple's Manhunt opposite Tobias Menzies and Anthony Boyle. He also starred in the Off-Broadway play Kowalski, for which he received rave reviews, alongside Robin Lord Taylor, for director Colin Hanlon. He co-starred in Brian Yorkey’s hit series ”13 Reasons Why” for Netflix, and the show remains one of the most-watched series on the platform. Previous credits also include Kellen Moore’s dark comedy Looks That Kill and a featured role opposite Mahershala Ali in HBO’s ”True Detective.” Flynn studied at The Globe Theatre’s Shakespeare Conservatory in London while enrolled in Rutgers University’s prestigious Mason Gross School of the Arts. Shortly after graduating, he was cast as the lead in the Off-Broadway production of the John Kander and Gregory Pierce musical, Kid Victory, which was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Musical.

MIDORI FRANCIS can be seen in Mindy Kaling’s HBO Max hit series “The Sex Lives of College Girls” and is coming off a stint as fan favorite Dr. Mika Yasuda on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” Prior to that, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her lead performance as Lily in the Netflix series “Dash and Lily” from the producers of “Stranger Things.” On the feature front, Midori will next be seen as the lead in Natalie Erika James’ feature Saccharine. She can currently be seen starring in the Blumhouse film Unseen for MGM+ and is recognized for her breakout performance in Universal’s Good Boys from producer Seth Rogen as well as her Drama Desk-nominated performance in New York Times Critic’s Pick Usual Girls at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Other credits include Bus Stop at Classic Stage Company, The Wolves at Lincoln Center Theater (also a New York Times Critic’s Pick and Obie Award/Drama Desk winner), and Connected at 59E59 (NYIT Award), as well as “Gotham” (FOX), “The Birch” (Facebook Watch), the indie South Mountain (SXSW premiere), and many others. Midori is honored to be part of this important Laramie Project legacy.

JOHN GALLAGHER JR. is a Tony Award-winning actor and musician, who was most recently seen on stage in Swept Away, an original musical with music by the Avett Brothers. It played on Broadway following runs at both Washington DC’s Arena Stage and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. John is currently filming Peter Landesman’s indie prison hostage thriller Eleven Days alongside Taylor Kitsch, Diego Luna, Jason Isaacs and Jeffrey Donovan. On screen, he was seen in Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s I.S.S., which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. He was also recently seen in Abandoned opposite Emma Roberts, and in Gone In the Night with Winona Ryder. Over the past few years, John was featured in high-profile series and film projects that include HBO series “Westworld”; HBO Max’s “Love Life”; Amazon Studio’s “Modern Love”; STX’s The Best of Enemies; 20th Century Fox’s Underwater; and Amblin Partners’ Come Play. John is a regular on Broadway and made his debut in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole. He won a Tony Award for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening (2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album); starred in the stage adaptation of Green Day’s rock opera American Idiot (2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album); and appeared opposite Mark Rylance in Jez Butterworth’s acclaimed play Jerusalem.

POOYA MOHSENI is an Iranian American actor, writer, filmmaker and transgender activist. She made her Broadway debut in Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play English at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Her stage credits include an Obie-winning performance in English’s Off-Broadway run (Atlantic Theater Company & The Old Globe); The Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot (Playwrights Horizons); The Sex Party (Menier Chocolate Factory) in London; She He Me (National Queer Theater); Our Town (Pride Plays); Galatea (The WP Project); The Good Muslim (EST); and the Audible production of Chonburi Hotel & The Butterfly Club (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Her film and television credits include “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” “Big Dogs,” “Falling Water,” “Madam Secretary,” Terrifier, The Arrival, and See You Then. She’s represented by Headline Talent Agency and TG Talent.

KAL PENN is an actor, writer, and producer known for his starring roles in “Designated Survivor,” “House,” Mira Nair’s The Namesake, the Harold & Kumar franchise, and Disney+’s “The Santa Clauses,” which earned him an Emmy nomination. Next up, Penn will be appearing in the highly anticipated fourth season of HBO’s acclaimed drama “Industry.” Following Trevor Noah’s departure from “The Daily Show,” Penn was invited to guest host the iconic Comedy Central series, delivering two standout weeks at the helm, and earning the highest ratings among all guest hosts. He went on to appear in Snoop Dogg’s “The Underdoggs” for Amazon Prime Video, a comedy he joined out of a longstanding mutual respect and admiration between them. Penn also starred in the box office hit Smile and appeared in FX’s long-running anthology “American Horror Story.” Penn co-created, executive produced, wrote, and starred in the NBC comedy “Sunnyside,” a heartfelt series about immigrants striving for the American Dream. He also executive produced and starred in Bloomberg Green’s climate change docuseries Getting Warmer and appeared in the Viacom/Paramount+ holiday comedy Hot Mess Holiday. Beyond entertainment, Penn took a brief sabbatical to serve in the Obama administration. From 2009 to 2011, he was an Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. As the President’s Liaison to Young Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the Arts community, he worked on issues like the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; the Affordable Care Act; Pell Grant expansions; the DREAM Act; and rapid response efforts during the BP Oil Spill. He was a national co-chair of the Obama 2012 re-election campaign and served on the President’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities, helping lead the first-ever U.S. Government arts delegation to Cuba. He returned to acting full-time in 2011. Penn holds a BA in Sociology with a concentration in Theater, Film, and Television from UCLA and a Graduate Certificate in International Security from Stanford University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and has taught as an adjunct lecturer at both the University of Pennsylvania and UCLA. His bestselling book and audiobook You Can’t Be Serious, about systemic change in Hollywood and politics, is available now.

CONRAD RICAMORA is an award-winning actor-singer-writer. Most recently, Ricamora was nominated for a Tony Award for his critically acclaimed performance in Oh, Mary! where he portrayed the role of “Abraham Lincoln,” which he originated Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Conrad was previously seen in the Broadway musical Here Lies Love in a role which he originated at the Public Theater Off-Broadway for director Alex Timbers. His additional Broadway credits include The King and I at Lincoln Center Theater, and his Off- Broadway credits include Little Shop of Horrors and Soft Power at the Public Theater, a performance which earned him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. On television, Ricamora was a series regular in the Hulu series “How to Die Alone,” created by Natasha Rothwell, for which he and the cast were awarded an Independent Spirit Award for Best Ensemble for their work. Other TV includes “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC), “Dying for Sex” (FX), and “The Resident” (FOX). In film, Ricamora starred in Fire Island for Hulu and will soon be seen in The Devil Wears Prada 2 opposite Anne Hathaway, and in the independent film The Last Day opposite Alicia Vikander

SAMIRA WILEY recently starred in the Donmar Warehouse theatre production Intimate Apparel and the Sky Atlantic series “Atomic.” Wiley is best known for her role as Moira on Hulu’s prestige drama “The Handmaid's Tale,” a role that earned her an Emmy win, four Emmy nominations, an NAACP Image Award nomination, and four SAG Award nominations. In 2022, Wiley headlined the acclaimed Blues for an Alabama Sky at the National Theatre in London. She is also well known for her SAG Award-winning performance as inmate Poussey on “Orange Is the New Black.” Samira’s past film credits include Breaking News in Yuba County, Detroit, Social Animals, 37, Nerve, Rob the Mob, Being Flynn, The Sitter, and Vault. Additional television credits include HBO’s “Equal,” Netflix’s “Love, Death and Robots,” a starring role on “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on TV,” and recurring roles on “You're the Worst” and “Unforgettable.” Wiley also starred in the Off-Broadway play Daphne’s Dive, multiple productions with Molière in the Park in Brooklyn, and the Theatre of War’s production of Antigone in Ferguson, in addition to co-producing the Broadway play Thoughts of a Colored Man. Wiley is a graduate of The Juilliard School.