Grant James Varjas is an actor and playwright. His plays, the GLAAD nominated “33 To Nothing” and “Accidentally, Like A Martyr”, have been produced in New York City and at Chicago’s A Red Orchid Theatre. Grant is a member of the award winning Tectonic Theater Project, where he has worked on multiple projects as a writer, devisor, and actor, as well as a Moment Work Teaching Artist. As an actor, Grant has performed in NYC at Lincoln Center, The Roundabout Theater, Ensemble StudioTheatre and many others. He appeared in Moises Kaufman’s “33 Variations” at CTG in Los Angeles, and most recently in the acclaimed “The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window” at Chicago’s Goodman Theater. His film and television work includes HBO’s film version of “The Laramie Project” (directed by Moises Kaufman); Chicago PD; Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Sex And The City and many more. He is also a board member at Tom Noonan’s Paradise Factory Theater in NYC.

Ellie Gravitte is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York City.  She was the winner of the first ever ABC Women’s Initiative, in which ten finalists pitched a commercial concept to executives at ABC Entertainment Marketing. Of the 10 pitches, Gravitte’s was chosen for production, and she went on to win a Promax Gold Award for her work directing the commercial. She also works as an established editor, which serves her directing work immeasurably. She was given the “Emerging Filmmaker Award'' at the Ridgefield Film Festival in 2021 for her short, MAKE IT EASY, which screened at the Cleveland Film Festival this spring. She is passionate about centering queer stories in her work, and holds strongly to the belief that artists will be the ones who save the world. 

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