Ida Cuttler, she/her (Writer, Pissy Hardling) is a playwright and actor from San Francisco, California, and recent M.F.A. Graduate in the playwriting department at The David Geffen School Drama, at Yale where she wrote Sort, Moe’s a D*ck, and Running Play. She was a company member of Neo-Futurists from 2015–22, where she wrote over 200 plays for Chicago’s longest-running late-night show, The Infinite Wrench. Ida was also a company member of PlayMakers Laboratory, where she adapted and performed in stories written by Chicago public school students. Ida’s other writing and performing credits include Comfortable Shoes, The Infinite Wrench, and Jeff Award-nominated Wildcats. She is a 2025–26 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Award Finalist. As an actor, Ida was most recently seen in The Day the Butcher Shop Closed and the sketch revue *Is This Mom* both at Yale Cabaret. One time she entered a giant donut eating competition.

Georgia Petersen (Writer, Dame Eleanor Poop) is a third-year M.F.A. candidate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at David Geffen School of Drama and a managing editor at Theater Magazine, Yale’s journal of theater and performance. She most recently worked as a dramaturg on Ida Cuttler’s Sort at DGSD, as well as The Inspector and Escaped Alone at Yale Rep. She holds a B.F.A. in acting with a minor in creative writing from New York University. 

Mara Bredovskis, she/her (Technical Director) Most recently from St. John’s Newfoundland, Mara is a rising third year Technical Design and Production student. Before coming to New Haven, Mara worked across Newfoundland and beyond as a Production Manager, Stage Manager, and Technical Director (thankfully, rarely at the same time). Favourite credits include stage managing Between Breaths with Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, summers with the Rising Tide Theatre, and pointing projectors at walls with Lighthouse Immersive. Favourite “Caves” include the Wreck Room in Grand Bank, and Christine’s in St. John’s.

Emily Breeze, she/her (Line Producer) is a playwright and screenwriter based on the east coast; her plays include MOTHER SAYS SHE’S SHOCKED HER CHILDREN ARE UPSET (Part 5), WHORE AND WIFE, NO SHE’S LIKE A GENIUS, THEY DIED FROM THEIR WOUNDS, and a collection of short plays produced for Fast & Furious and 7×7 at The Tank. Her debut short film, SHALLOW WATER, premiered in 2023 at the Phoenix Film Festival, and was screened at the Ridgefield Independent Film Festival, the Roze Filmdagen, and the Bridgeport Film Festival among others. Awards include the 2020/21 GreenStage Live Arts Artist Award for her play THE HOMEWRECKER (co-written with Marialena DiFabbio), and the 2021 Rising Artist Award for her play HALLMARK. Residencies include Millay Arts, the Wrtier’s Colony at Dairy Hollow, Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Residency, and the 2022/23 Playwright-in-Residence for The Bechdel Group. She is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting at Yale University. BA Vassar College, emilybreeze.net

Richard Lee, he/him (Resident Production Designer) Born and raised in Taiwan, Richard Lee is a rising second year student at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. While pursuing his MFA in scenic design, he is also developing his profession in lighting design. Recent set design credits include You are Wonderful (FTLC Theater, Taipei), Instant Noodle and Interrogation (National Taiwan University R118, Taipei), and Softly, Softly (NTUA Dormitory for Artists in Residence, Taipei). Recent lighting design credits include A Language of their Own (Player Theater, Taipei); assistant/associate design credits include Chiaroscuro (The Flea), Eden (Yale Repertory Theater), Veremonda (Yale Baroque Opera), Grandmother/Bathtub and Dragaret (Yale Cabaret). You can check out more of his works on his personal website: www.richardleedesign.com or on his Instagram @richard.lee.design

Aura Michelle, she/her (Resident Stage Manager) hails from Calgary, Alberta, and is a recent graduate of Yale’s M.F.A. stage management program at DGSD. Recent credits include Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members, SPUNK, The Salvagers (Yale Rep), I Am Alan Turing, Coriolanus, Apologiae 4 & 5, What of the Night, Pearl’s Beauty Salon, Fucking A, The Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, rent free (Yale, Geffen School); Romeo et Juliette and Kiss Me, Kate (Central City Opera); Shakespeare’s Women, Love and Information, and Dead Man’s Cell Phone (University of Victoria, Phoenix Theatre, her alma mater). Her artistic passion focuses on avant-garde, multi-lingual, and politically evocative work. Aura seeks to create art and artistic spaces grounded in decolonizing practices, intercultural collaboration, and radical humanity.

Sveta Moroz, she/her (Costume Designer) is a Russian-born costume and set designer, currently pursuing her MFA at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. She is a 2025 Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship recipient, and her recent Yale Cabaret work includes Din Din and Dance Nation.

Claire Young, she/her (Stage Manager and Production, Operations, and Facilities Manager) is stoked to be a part of Summer Cab 51. She is an Aquarius, a mother to a 5-year-old cat named Margo, and a big fan of funky earrings. This ex-Floridian was excited to spend the summer in New Haven until she realized it was just as hot here some days. When she’s not building LEGO flowers or out thrift shopping, you’ll find her working to get her MFA in Stage Management here at DGSD. Claire is trying something new this summer in being the PM and is grateful to be surrounded by this supportive group of fungi who put up with her. She’d also like to thank her favorite human, Kai. Enjoy the show, spores! (And pleeeease help us Save the Cave!)