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Jane Wagner (Playwright) has won numerous awards, including two Peabodys, four Emmys, a Writer’s Guild Award for her work in television, and the seldom-given New York Drama Critics’ Circle Special Award for her Broadway success, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Wagner made her writing debut with the acclaimed CBS teleplay entitled J.T. (1969) and her book of the same title. In 1971, Wagner began working with Lily Tomlin on an Edith Ann album, Edith Ann: And That’s the Truth (1972). Wagner’s later credits include two more Grammy-nominated albums, Modern Scream (1975) and On Stage (1978), which she also produced, eight Lily Tomlin television specials (1973 – 82), three Edith Ann animated specials (1994 – 96), and Edith Ann’s book, My Life, So Far (1994).

In 1977, Wagner wrote and directed for Broadway Appearing Nitely and also wrote the screenplay for The Incredible Shrinking Woman. In 1985, Wagner brought The Search to Broadway where it became an acclaimed play of the Broadway season. The hardcover edition of The Search became the first play in 20 years to appear on the New York Times Best-Seller list.

In 2019, Lincoln Center honored Wagner and Tomlin with a retrospective of their careers, Two Free Women. In 2020, Wagner was honored with the prestigious Lambda Literary Visionary Award, for her innovative work.

Jennifer King† (Director) will direct The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe for Aurora Theatre Company this June. Previous Aurora productions include Hurricane Diane and Dry Powder as well as the staged reading of Talley and Sons. Her Bay Area and international directing credits include work with the Prague Shakespeare Company, Capital Stage, Shakespeare Napa Valley, SF PlayGround, Berkeley Playhouse, Sonoma County Repertory Theater, Symmetry Theater, and Actors' Reading Collective.

In addition to her role as an Associate Artist with the Prague Shakespeare Company, where she directed The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jennifer has created work in the UK, Poland, Germany, Italy, and, most recently, China. She also serves as the Head of Theater and Film Studies at Napa Valley College, where she founded and continues to lead Shakespeare Napa Valley. Jennifer is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Marga Gomez (Trudy) is the writer/performer of fifteen solo plays which have been presented Off-Broadway, nationally and internationally. Her acting credits include stage: The Vagina Monologues with Rita Moreno, A.C.T's Fefu and Her Friends, and television: Sense8 (Netflix) Tracy Takes On... (HBO) She is the recipient of a GLAAD Media Award for Theatre and a 2022 fellowship from United States Artists as well as a 2024 San Francisco Arts Council Grant. She is also one of the nation’s first out lesbians in stand-up comedy. Her television appearances include LOGO's One Night Stand Up and HBO's Comic Relief by special invitation from Robin Williams who called Marga "Amazing.. a lesbian Lenny Bruce." She began her comedy career performing in San Francisco's LGBTQ comedy clubs. Her website is margagomez.com.