Jessica Francis Fichter

Book and Lyrics

Jessica Francis Fichter is a South Carolina-based director, playwright, and teaching artist, currently serving as the Executive Director of Trustus Theatre in Columbia, SC. She has directed and taught in various locations, including NYC, where she earned an MFA in Directing from the Actors Studio Drama School. Recent directing credits include Twelfth Night: Welcome to Our Table (New York Shakespeare Best Comedy 2020) and Dandelion: An Original Musical (NYMF finalist 2019). She is also the founder of Evolving Door Theatre Company.

Hailee Beltzhoover Zuniga

Story, Book, Addt. Music and Lyrics

Hailee Beltzhoover Zuniga is an Atlanta-based theatre artist and the concierge of the renowned Woodruff Arts Center, home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre. She graduated from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC in 2019 with a Bachelors in Performance and has been heavily involved in the Atlanta theatre community since her relocation in 2022. Her most recent projects have been directing Brandon Jacobs-Jenkin’s Everybody with Renegade Theatre Co. and performing as Mal in Disney's Descendants at OnStage Atlanta.DANDELION: An Original Musical is a contemporary show that captures the emotional ups and downs of familial love, loss, and change. Female-driven and fearless in its approach to storytelling, it is a universal story that will touch the lives of audience members across generations.