Starr Busby is an experimental avant-garde artist. You may have seen Starr playing solo shows with their loop station, Francis, or fronting Brooklyn based experimental soul band People’s Champs. Starr has also supported artists such as The Gorillaz, Esperanza Spalding, X Ambassadors, Kimbra, and Alice Smith. Selected appearances include: Moby Dick (American Repertory Theatre; Starbuck); Octet (Signature Theatre; Paula - Drama Desk Award Winner); Where Love Lies Fallow (The Shed; Nia 1); Apollo Cafe Live: Soul Cypher; #BlackGirlMagic Show (Jack; composer/performer); Mikrokosmos (Steirischer Herbst, Graz and Nottingham Contemporary); The Girl with the Incredible Feeling (Spoleto Festival di Mondi) as well as various concerts and solo shows. Starr also enjoys working as an arts educator through organizations such as Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project, Beats 4 Peace, and Long Island University. She is looking forward to continuing the development of (pray) with nicHi Douglas and Jerome Ellis at Ars Nova. Their music is available via Bandcamp.

Nikkole Salter is an award-winning actress, playwright, educator, and arts advocate. For her work, she has received an OBIE Award, an Outer Critic Circle Award, a Global Tolerance Award from the Friends of the United Nations, a Selfdes-Kanin Fellowship from the Theatre Hall of Fame, and most recently a Lily Award for her contributions to the betterment of the theater field. Her writing has been produced on three continents, in five countries, has been published in 12 international publications, and has been featured on the WNET program "Theater Close-Up.” She is a graduate of Howard University and NYU.