David Paquet is a graduate in playwriting from the National Theatre School of Canada (2006) and lives in Montreal. His plays Porc-épic; 2h14; Appels entrants illimités; Les grands-mères mortes (co-authored with Karine Sauvé); Le Brasier; Histoires à plumes et à poils (co-authored with Érika Tremblay Roy and Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon); Le Soulier; Chansons pour le musée (co-authored with Karine Sauvé); Le Poids des fourmis; and Papiers mâchés and Le Voilier (manifeste du fragile), two one-man shows of stand-up poetry he performs himself, have gathered international praise and been produced in more than twelve countries all over North America and Europe. They have cumulatively won the Governor General's Literary Award, the Michel-Tremblay Award, the Sony-Labou-Tansi Award (twice), the Young Audiences Quebec Critic's Choice Award (twice) and the Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui Audience's Choice Award.

Leanna Brodie is a Montreal-based playwright, translator, and actor. Her plays Schoolhouse, The Book of Esther, For Home and Country, and The Vic have been seen from coast to coast. Her opera with Anthony Young, Ulla's Odyssey, toured the UK for two years with OperaUpClose. She is also a leading translator of Québécois and Franco-Canadian plays, and recent premieres include Rébecca Déraspe's I Am William (Stratford Festival) and You Are Happy (GCTC); Sébastien Harrison's From Alaska (Belfry Theatre); Catherine Léger's I Lost My Husband! (Gateway Theatre/Ruby Slippers Theatre) and Home Deliveries (Ruby Slippers/Jericho Arts Centre); Fanny Britt's Benevolence (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Pacific Theatre), and David Paquet's Wildfire (Upstream Theater, Factory Theatre, Dora Mavor Moore Award) and The Weight of Ants (The Cherry Arts, Tom Hendry Award).