Laura Ornella
Laura Ornella is a first-generation Cuban American, New York-based filmmaker and actor. Credits include Just For Laughs, Vulture, SeriesFest, and HollyShorts, Wyoming Int’l Film Festival, and The Hudson Valley Film Festival.
Find more about Laura on her site:www.lauraornella.com.
Liz Wiest
A triple threat writer, filmmaker and unreliable narrator, Liz Wiest is an East Coast-based creative working and breathing in all things film & television production. Her short, "Have a Safe Trip" is currently making its rounds on the festival circuit, and she co-founded SurREAL World alongside Laura Ornella, as a new home for bold, bizarre and delightfully offbeat cinema. She is a proud member of her union, IATSE Local 161. You can read her film festival coverage in MovieJawn, and comedy writing in Reductress.
Sage Higgins
Sage Higgins is a writer, improv actor, and creative event producer based in Kingston, NY.
She is a part of Little Histories, a writing collective in the Hudson Valley, performs improv with Duke Comedy Theatre, and co-created Gracie & Allen, a half-scripted, half-improv comedy show. Her production and organizational work includes Project ALS, the Woodstock Film Festival, Hudsy, UPWIFT, and Townsquare Media.