Zach Morris (Third Rail Projects' Co-Artistic Director) is co-creator of the immersive theater hits Then She Fell, The Grand Paradise, Sweet & Lucky, and most recently Ghost Light at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater. Zach's work includes site-specific performance, multimedia installation art and environments, and experiential performance. He is particularly interested in creating projects that place contemporary art and performance in non-traditional contexts. Zach has been honored with numerous awards, including two BESSIE awards, and was recently named as one of the 100 most influential people in Brooklyn culture by Brooklyn Magazine. His work has been presented nationally and internationally with the support of numerous grants, commissions, and residencies and he has had the pleasure of teaching, mentoring, and creating new platforms to support the work of artists both at home and abroad. Zach holds a BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.
Tom Pearson (Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director, Third Rail Projects / Original White Rabbit) is an artist working in written media and performance. He is best known for his original works for theater, including the long-running immersive theater hits Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise, and as a founder and co-artistic director of the New York City-based performance company Third Rail Projects. He is also the director of the Global Performance Studio, an international program for cultural listening and exchange. Pearson was recently named among the 100 most influential people in Brooklyn culture by Brooklyn Magazine. His written work is available through his author page at tompearsonnyc.com.
Jennine Willett (Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director, Third Rail Projects / Original White Queen) is a director, choreographer, educator, and creative consultant. She is co-creator of the critically-acclaimed immersive theater productions of Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise in Brooklyn, Ghost Light in Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater, and Learning Curve, a collaboration with Albany Park Theater Project in Chicago. At the helm of Third Rail’s education initiatives, she has worked with numerous academic intuitions and arts organizations nationally and internationally, teaching courses that attract artists of many disciplines and cultivating a learning environment that encourages experimentation and collaboration. She has been honored with two BESSIE Awards, a Chita Rivera Award, and was named as one of the 100 most influential people in Brooklyn culture by Brooklyn Magazine.