Rick Miller trained in Montreal as an architect, actor, and singer, and has performed in five languages on five continents. As the Artistic Director of WYRD Productions, he has created and performed the award-winning solo shows Art?, Slightly Bent, and the worldwide hit MacHomer, now celebrating its 12th year of touring to capacity crowds. The two latest WYRD Productions have been co-creations: Into the Ring (with Seattle playwright/performer Dawson Nichols), and Bigger Than Jesus (with Daniel Brooks), winner of 3 DORA awards in 2005. Bigger Than Jesus has been performed all over the world, in English, French, Italian and German, and a feature film is currently in development. Rick Miller and Daniel Brooks are also working on a new play called HardSell, which premiered in November 2007. Rick has worked extensively with internationally renowned director Robert Lepage, on such plays as La Géométrie des Miracles, Zulu Time (co-created with Peter Gabriel), the film Possible Worlds, and on a new 9-hour play entitled Lipsynch. He is currently the host of ABC’s primetime hit TV series, Just for Laughs, now in its second season. Rick lives in Toronto with his wife Stephanie Baptist and their daughters Vivian and Ellen. He would like to dedicate this show to the memory of Christopher Paul Miller.

Director, writer, actor, and producer, Daniel Brooks has won accolades and awards for such productions as Here Lies Henry, The Noam Chomsky Lectures, House, Insomnia and Faust. Among the awards he has won or been nominated for are the Dora Mavor Moore Award, the Chalmers Award, The Edinburgh Fringe First Award and the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama. He is the recipient of the inaugural Elinor & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. He co-founded the Augusta Company, helped build da da kamera as an International touring company, was an Associate Artist at Buddies in Bad Times, an artist in residence at the Tarragon Theatre and has an on going association with Soulpepper Theatre. His work has toured across the country and around the world. Daniel was appointed the Artistic Director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company in January 2003.

Beth has worked as a Lighting, Set and Projection Designer, and Stage Manager in rock and roll, dance, theatre, and opera across Canada, the U.S., New Zealand and Australia. Career highlights include Stage Manager for Evita (NZ Tour); Asst. Lighting Designer for: Geometry of Miracles (Robert Lepage/Ex Machina), and Uncle Vanya (Soulpepper); Set and Projection Designer for The Backyardigans (Koba/Nelvana); Set and Costumes for All The World (Geordie Prod.); Lighting Design for Spurt of Blood and Miinigoowezewin (Banff Arts Festival), Anaconda (Tangent Montreal), the Dora Award-winning Music For Contortionist (Tarragon/Shaw Festival), and numerous works by award winning choreographer Learie McNicols. In addition to designing Slightly Bent, MacHomer, Into The Ring and Bigger Than Jesus for WYRD Productions, Beth tours with the productions and has been WYRD’s resident Designer and Stage Manager since 1999. Her work on Bigger Than Jesus earned her (along with hubby Ben Chaisson) two 2005 Dora Award nominations and the 2005 Dora Award for 'Outstanding Lighting Design'. She is currently working with Ben, Rick and Daniel Brooks on the new production Hard Sell, along with taking many photos in lovely cities around the world.

Ben Chaisson is the Head of Audio at the Premier Dance Theatre (PDT) in Toronto. For three seasons he was Head of Audio and Sound Design at Montreal's Centaur Theatre. During his time there he created original sound designs for over 15 productions including the Masque nominated Wit, and the Dora Award winning For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again. A graduate of Dalhousie University, Ben trained at the Banff Centre for the Arts, where he was the audio engineer for the world premiere opera Zurich 1916. Ben has worked for WYRD Productions since 1999, and designed the sound and video for Into the Ring and Bigger than Jesus. He is also currently creating his own new work, Onamatapoeia.