Amy is based in Somerset, U.K. She has directed projects at venues ranging from community halls to the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Her passion is creating musical theater. Recent shows include Islander (Off-Broadway, Southwark Playhouse, Summerhall, Scotland tour, Radio 4, and Dundee Rep film), Day of the Living (RSC), and These Trees are Made of Blood (Southwark Playhouse, Arcola). 

Eve Nicol is a Glaswegian director and playwright. Credits as director include Svengali (Pleasance/Pitlochry Festival Theatre), I Can Go Anywhere (Traverse Theatre), The Drift (National Theatre of Scotland). As writer: If You’re Feeling Sinister (BBC Arts/Avalon), One Life Stand (Middle Child). As associate director: What Girls Are Made Of (Raw Material/Traverse). 

Stewart Melton is a writer and dramaturg from Aberdeen, Scotland. His scripts include Seesaw for Unicorn Theatre; digital play Distance Remaining; audio drama Time Lapse and Two Endless Minutes for Young Vic. His dramaturgical work includes projects for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol Old Vic, and Hull Truck. 

Finn Anderson is a Scottish writer and songwriter whose work has been performed across the world. He has co-created four award-nominated musicals, tackling diverse subject matter and wide-ranging styles of music. His solo albums and cast recordings of Islander and A Mother’s Song are available on all major online music stores and streaming sites. 

Emma Bailey, a Bartlett School of Architecture UCL and Motley Theatre Design Course graduate, won the prestigious Linbury Prize for Stage Design in 2011 for Roy Orbison in Clingfilm. Nominated at the Drama Desk Awards for Best Scenic Design for SIX the Musical, Emma's designs have graced global stages like the Lena Horne Theatre on Broadway, Vaudevillle Theatre West End, Glastonbury Theater, and Sydney Opera House. She's actively involved in theater workshops and is a member of the architects' association, STORE. 

Hahnji (they/them/형) is an activist stylist and costume designer using their passion for the fiber arts to upcycle garments and offer affordable affirming styling outside the limiting size and gender binaries of capitalism. Credits include Hurricane Diane (Huntington Theatre), BLUSH (Soho Rep), Theatre For One: Here We Are, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), The City: Missing Them (The Working Theatre), Mobile Unit: A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Public Theater), Sister Mok-rahn (Princeton University). hahnji.com

Simon works internationally as a lighting designer for theater, dance, and opera. Highlights include the world premiere of Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks (U.K. & Ireland), Islander (New York/London/Edinburgh), Vanishing Point Theatre’s Metamorphosis (Scotland/Italy), Vox Motus’s Flight (worldwide), and Robert Lepage’s production of The Magic Flute (Québec City). Over the years, his lighting has created a Guinness World Record, brought thousands of people to a windswept forest, and caused reports of an alien invasion.  

Sam Kusnetz is a sound and projection designer who works in New York City and around the world. Favorite designs include Assassins at Classic Stage Company, the world premiere of When We’re Gone at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, and Islander, of course! Sam is a proud member of United Scenic Artists and the founder of Team Sound, a creator of theatrical tools. 

Diana Lawrence has worked as a music director and pianist at The Public Theater, The Second City, and the Broadway musical Once Upon a One More Time. Her original musical, Mill Girls, recently released an EP featuring Nikki Renée Daniels, Alysha Deslorieux, and Val Vigoda. Diana sings in the cross-genre vocal trio, Artemisia.  

Jasmin is a London based stage manager, often found working on musical theater across the U.K., and most recently on Matilda (West End). She is on the U.K. Equity Stage Management Committee. Jasmin joined the Islander team in 2019 and is very excited to return to the isle of Kinnan! 

Select stage management credits: The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, The Odyssey (Seattle Rep’s Public Works); The Servant of Two Masters (Seattle Rep, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, ArtsEmerson); MAC BETH, Here Lies Love, A Raisin in the Sun, All the Way, The Great Society, The Piano Lesson, Boeing Boeing, Fences, Gem of the Ocean (Seattle Rep); Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast (The 5th Avenue Theatre); Angels in America, A Doctor In Spite of Himself (Intiman Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun (Pittsburgh Public Theater).

Duncan Becker is the technical director at Loyola University in New Orleans. Some favorite projects include Craigslisted with the NOLA Project, General Store with Creede Repertory Theatre, and Detroit with Southern Rep Theatre. He previously served as stage manager for the Leon Bridges Good Thing world tour. 

Scott Monnin is a lighting designer based in Brooklyn from Granville, Ohio. They are about to start graduate school at University of Maryland for lighting design and are excited to be a part of this modern folktale before that starts. Previous 2022 lighting design credits include Mame at Quincy Community Theatre in Illinois, the first staging of new work Doubt That the Stars Are Fire, and Wit with the Seeing Place Theatre. scottmonnin.com 

Jacob has been living and breathing sound and music for as long as he can remember. Select credits include Jersey Boys, An American in Paris (Cape Playhouse); Islander, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Dog Man the Musical (Off-Broadway); Buddy Holly Story (national tour); and Broadway and touring shows as a music technology specialist with Midiomatic LLC and KeyboardTEK. Jake’s very excited to be back on Kinnan! Original music and visual work can be found on Instagram: @electricdaisy_studio. 

Shilpa trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Credits include Wickies (Paul Morrissey, Chris Wheeler, Molly Morris), Revolution Days (Bijli), We’ll Meet in Moscow (Traverse Theatre), Roxana (Paisley Book Festival). Associate directing: Burn (National Theatre of Scotland), Still (Traverse Theatre), Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) (Lyceum Theatre), and 306: Dusk (NTS). 

Come From Away (Broadway, West End, North America), Diana the Musical (Broadway), Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder (U.K.). Molly is co-founder of Ghost Light Global, Entertaining Adventures. ghostlightglobal.com 

Tony, Drama Desk, Off-Broadway Circle Critic award nominee. Shows include Bells Are Ringing, The Woman in Black, Pippin, The Velocity of Autumn, and Damn Yankees (London with Jerry Lewis). Off-West End, he produced the critically acclaimed The Marriage of Alice B Toklas at Jermyn Street Theater, 2022.  

Martin Platt is a Tony Award-winning producer, director, and general manager. Broadway: Dames at Sea, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. West End: Gumboots, Nixon’s Nixon, and Lend Me a Tenor the Musical. He is a partner in Perry Street Theatricals (New York).

Helen Milne is an alum of the Stage One Producer Scheme and a recipient of the 2022 Ian McKellen Producing Grant. Credits include At the Illusionist’s Table (conceived, co-created, and co-produced for Edinburgh Fringe 2013-2017), Islander – A Filmed Reimagining (co-produced with Dundee Rep and Eden Court), and Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar co-produced with The Roald Dahl Story Company.  

Theatre Royal Plymouth is a registered charity providing art, education, and community engagement throughout Plymouth and the wider U.K. region. We engage and inspire many communities through performing arts and we aim to touch the lives and interests of people from all backgrounds. 

Dundee Rep Theatre sits at the cultural heart of Dundee as a center of creative excellence, establishing a reputation as one of the U.K.’s leaders in theater production, carrying the Dundee brand far and wide. Creating and delivering work for local, national, and international audiences, Dundee Rep Theatre has been instrumental in creating several award-winning and award-nominated productions. 

Pemberley Productions is Doreen Sayegh, Tim Smith, and Annie Shea Graney. They collaborate with overseas companies and U.S.-based productions to book and manage tours across North America as well as internationally. Pemberley was last at Seattle Rep with The Woman in Black. pemberleyproductions.com