Rébecca Déraspe is the author of the acclaimed plays Le Radeau, Plus (+) que toi, Votre crucifixion, Peau d’ours (a finalist for the Prix Michel-Tremblay), Le merveilleux voyage de Réal de Montréal, and Nino. She was a member of the writing collective for Ceci est un meurtre, which premiered in 2015. Rébecca also works as a screenwriter, and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

Leanna Brodie is a playwright and actor who grew up unilingual in a small Ontario village and now translates some of the most acclaimed Québécois and Canadian playwrights of our time. Her most recent work includes Rébecca Déraspe's I Am William (Stratford Festival, Théâtre le Clou) and You Are Happy (GCTC, Red Theater Chicago); Catherine Léger's I Lost My Husband! (Gateway Theatre/Ruby Slippers Theatre, Persephone Theatre); and Mohsen El Gharbi's Omi Mouna (Impact Festival, Infinithéâtre). For information on upcoming projects with David Paquet, Rébecca Déraspe, Fanny Britt, Philippe Soldevila, Olivier Sylvestre, Sébastien Harrisson, Angela Konrad, Anaïs Pellin, and others, visit leannabrodie.com.