Marco Ramirez has had plays produced at Lincoln Center Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Humana Festival, The Old Globe (San Diego), The Bush Theatre (London), American Theater Company (Chicago), Soulpepper (Toronto) and Center Theatre Group (LA). Honors include Helen Hayes and Drama Desk nominations, the Outer Critics Circle’s John Gassner Playwriting Award, Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellowship, Lincoln Center’s Le Comte du Nouy Award and TCG’s Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Marco is also a WGA and Emmy Award-nominated TV writer and producer, where his credits include Marvel’s Daredevil (Netflix), Marvel’s The Defenders (Netflix), Sons of Anarchy (FX), Orange is the New Black (Netflix) and Fear the Walking Dead (AMC).

Tyrone Phillips is the founding Artistic Director of Chicago’s Definition Theatre. Recipient of the 2022 Alumni Award for Diversity and Inclusion, he is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has studied abroad at Shakespeare’s Globe. As a first generation Jamaican-American, Tyrone is passionate about equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the fine arts industry and has completed advanced anti-racism training to lead change in our community. Select theater credits: American Players Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Definition Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Writers Theatre, Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Stage 42 (off-broadway). He is the recipient of the Inaugural Arts Midwest Peter Capell Award for Midwestern Creativity and Entrepreneurship and proud member of SDC, SAG-AFTRA and the NAACP. 

Mr. Holt is excited to be joining this production of The Royale. Credits include Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, American Shakespeare Center, KCRep, Geva Theatre Center, Hangar Theatre, American Stage Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and six seasons with American Players Theatre. Film/Television credits include Chicago PD on NBC, Drive Slow by Terrence Thompson and his first self written project, Main Event, directed by Derrick Moore. He is proudly represented by Stewart Talent. As always, for Jim Butchart and Emma Jean Raper. RasellHolt.com [BE HELPFUL. DON'T BE A DETRIMENT.]

At Writers Theatre: Dhaba on Devon Avenue, The Hot Wing King and Tiger Style!

Lauren is a Jeff-nominated freelance designer and model-maker native to Chicago. Writers credits include: The Hot Wing King and Tiger Style. Other credits include designs for Paramount Aurora, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Marriott, Remy Bumppo, UIC, U Chicago, Rivendell, Lifeline, Steep, Jackalope, Harper College, Shattered Globe, Renaissance Theatreworks, Village Theatre in Seattle, Metropolis, The Gift Theatre, Firebrand, Teatro Vista, Raven, and BoHo. As an associate, she has worked on dozens of productions all over the country. She is currently finishing her 4th year as an adjunct professor at The Theatre School-DePaul University. MFA Northwestern. Member USA829. laurenangeldesigns.com

[Bio as of June 2025]

Gregory Graham- He/His - Coronation (Refracted Theatre); The Prodigal Daughter, Private Lives (Raven Theatre); Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Mothers (Gift Theater); The Writer (Steep Theatre); Blues for an Alabama Sky, Anna in the Tropics, Routes (Remy Bumppo Theatre); The Porch on Windyhill, Garbologist, Fireflies (Northlight Theatre); Once (Writers Theatre); Is God Is (A Red Orchid Theatre); 1919 (Steppenwolf Theatre); Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, RENT (Porchlight Music Theatre); Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution, The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (Court Theatre). Education: BA in Theatre Design, University of Illinois at Chicago . www.gregorygrahamdesign.com

Jason Lynch returns to Writers Theatre, where he previously designed TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO (2026), EVERY BRILLIANT THING (2024-2025) and THE HOT WING KING (2024). Additional Chicago credits: Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Court Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and TimeLine Theatre Company. Recent regional credits include work with Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, American Players Theatre, Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Barrington Stage Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, City Theatre Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit Opera, Geva Theatre Center, Guthrie Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, Syracuse Stage and Washington National Opera. Jason is represented by The Gersh Agency. Visit jasondlynch.com. Instagram: @jasonlynch.design.

Stephanie Farina is a Chicago based sound designer, musical mixer and educator. This is Stephanie’s Writers Theatre debut. Other regional credits include Brokeback Mountain (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Nunsense, Sister Act, Beautiful and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Drury Lane Theatre), Safronia (Lyric Opera); Highways and Valley (Michigan Opera Theatre); Annie and West Side Story (Musical Theatre Works); Titanique (Porchlight Music Theatre); Falsetto’s (Court Theatre); Dreamgirls (McCarter Theatre); Dreamgirls (McCarter Theatre); Revolution(s), The Color Purple, Naicrema Society, New Stages ’22-‘24 (Goodman Theatre); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Fannie (Indiana Rep). Stephanie’s mixing credits include: Blue, Twilight: Gods (Michigan Opera Theatre); Proximity, Factotum, Fiddler on the Roof, Twilight: Gods, West Side Story, Light in the Piazza, Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and 10 years at the Goodman Theatre. Stephanie is the Head of Sound Design at The Theatre School at DePaul University, as well as a Journeymen in the IATSE Local 2 of Chicago.

Kenya Ann Hall is an actress, writer and dramaturg based in Chicago, raised in Oakland, CA. Her dramaturgy credits include Oak (Raven Theatre); Beneath the Willow Tree (Pulse Theatre Chicago); Alaiyo, Fairview, Judy’s Life’s Work, Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, (Definition Theatre Company); Tambo & Bones, Coronation (Refracted Theatre Company); Panther Women (Cleveland Public Theatre); Kill Move Paradise (asst./Timeline Theatre); The Good Fight and The Lady Demands Satisfaction (Babes with Blades). She has provided dramaturgy for new play development workshops at Broken Nose Theatre, Refracted Theatre Company and Definition Theatre Company. She is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Imani Ross (Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to Writers Theatre with The Royale. Based in Chicago, she has many years of experience in stage management, production and education. Select theatrical credits include: Nunsense, A Chorus Line, Mary Poppins (Drury Lane Theatre), Twisted Melodies (Congo Square Theatre), Noises Off (Steppenwolf Theatre), Hot Wing King (Writers Theatre), The Comedy of Errors, Two Trains Running (The Acting Company), Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha (Harris Theatre),The Color Purple, Revolution(s), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (The Goodman Theatre).