Paul Braverman is a Bay Area playwright, actor, and improviser, whose plays have received dozens of productions and readings in Bay Area venues, nationally, and internationally. In addition the Frankie Payne trilogy, Pear Theatre audiences may know Paul from his many previous short plays included in the annual Pear Slices production. He’s a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Theatre Bay Area, and the Pear Improv Troupe, and is a founding member of The Pear Playwrights Guild. Paul and his wife Robyn are cocoordinators of Fresh Produce, The Pear’s annual developmental play reading series.

Amanda K. Glassman is a playwright and screenwriter. She received a BA in Journalism and History of Art from Yale University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford in Oxfordshire, UK. She has worked in film, stage and television - most recently for CBS on their show Valor. Her stage play, The Wedding Affair, was workshopped at Edward Albee's Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska.

Patrick M Brennan has authored a body produced plays including Singulariteen (San Francisco Fringe), No Politics (Theatre Cooperative, Somerville MA), Milgram’s War (Attic Theatre, Los Angeles), and Get Out of My American Way (Boston Theatre Marathon). His plays have been performed in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and around the world. Patrick is a cofounder of Undefined Symbol Theater. Patrick is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, the Pear Playwrights Guild, PlayCafe, and Playwrights’ Platform.