VIVIANA LEO
An accomplished Puerto Rican filmmaker and lifelong Feminist, Viviana studied English and Dramaturgy at Columbia (B.A.), has an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the Killer Films program at Stony Brook University, and has been published in Latina Magazine and Huffington Post. She interned at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, and was an inaugural member of the Old Vic New Voices program under Eve Best. Viviana’s first feature, White Alligator, toured the world and won Best Actress at the Bled Film Festival in Slovenia. Most recently, her script, Blue for Boy, was a finalist for the Sundance Development Lab. She mentors rising female screenwriters through Girls Write Now, speaks three languages, and produced a male heir -- and her mother-in-law still doesn’t like her.
STUART LUTH
A writer and actor, Stuart has worked on both sides of the Atlantic, from the Public Theater in New York to the Old Vic in London, partnering with artists such as Eve Best, Brian Murray, and Meryl Streep. His comedy draws from a background in improvisation and years spent with Slightly Known People, a longtime mainstay of the New York sketch comedy scene. You can see him most recently in Hulu's Mike and CBS's FBI: Most Wanted.