Elizabeth Coplan (Playwright) turned her personal loss into the groundbreaking play cycle, Grief Dialogues. In addition to ’Til Death, Elizabeth wrote the award-winning play Hospice: A Love Story. Her play Honoring Choices had successful BIPOC and multicultural productions and became a festival favorite short film. The Choice is co-written with her husband, Scott. Elizabeth is the Out of Grief Comes Art podcast creator and a collaborator on The A Chronicles, a theatrical series about reproductive rights.

Chad Austin (Director) is an award winning director and producer and the Producing Artistic Director of Abingdon Theatre Company. While leading ATC, Chad created the One Night Only Series; work includes Wade Dooley’s The Prompter, starring Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons; Alex Edelman’s award-winning Just for Us; Back by Matt Webster starring Emmy Award nominee Madeline Brewer and Tony Award nominee James Cusati-Moyer. Career highlights include Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert on NBC; Robin & Me: My Little Spark of Madness at Theatre Row; Love! Valour! Compassion! At Theatre 71; Peter and the Wolf with the Hampton Ballet Theatre; and many more.

The production is led by director Chad Austin who will drive the creative team, including Dawn Chiang (lighting design), Teresa L. Williams (scenic design), Lisa Renkel (projection design), Antonio Consuegra (costume design), Nicole Emmons (prop design), and Jesse Starr (sound design). Rounding out the team will include Allison Hohman (production stage management), with casting by Karie Koppel at Koppel Casting.

Key artwork by Youran Lu