Claire StonemanClaire Stoneman is Assistant Headteacher at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College, Birmingham, where she is responsible for the school�s specialism and community cohesion. Prior to this Claire worked for several years as an Advanced Skills Teacher and teaching and learning consultant and trainer in schools in Birmingham and Gloucestershire. She began her career as an English teacher moving on to a number of additional roles including Gifted and Talented Coordinator and Literacy Coordinator. Claire has collaborated with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre for the past eight years and has led sessions on playwriting in many different schools and learning environments.… Alongside her current role, Claire is also a TEEP trainer and a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham.Caroline JesterCaroline Jester is Dramaturg at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre working with commissioned writers and delivering and designing new writer development programmes. She has taught on the Mphil in Playwriting at Birmingham University, the Arvon Foundation and undergraduate courses. She has worked as a director and dramaturg with theatre companies including Kali, Menagerie and Ulfah Arts and has designed playwriting programmes for The REP�s award winning young writers� programme Transmissions in schools, colleges and pupil referral units. She is currently developing an interactive playwriting tool and digital educational resource for the company.
Caridad Svich is founder of NoPassport, a theater alliance and press; associate editor of Contemporary Theatre Review; and drama editor of Asymptote. She is recipient of a 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement.