S. ASHER GELMAN (Playwright) is a director, choreographer, playwright, producer, and Artistic Director of Midnight Theatricals. His first play, Afterglow, premiered Off-Broadway in 2017, ran for 14 months, and continues to see productions around the world. He has directed and choreographed all of Midnight Theatricals’ critically acclaimed productions of the show in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Australia. A 10th anniversary production is planned for 2027 at Midnight Theatricals’ new home in New York City.

Off-Broadway credits include the Lortel-nominated Scarlett Dreams (playwright/director), We Are the Tigers (producer), and safeword (playwright/director). Films include Bookends (producer), documentaries The American Question and Sabbath Queen (executive producer), and dance films The Greatest City in the World and in memoriam (director/choreographer).

Asher’s new play, The Zionists: A Family Storm, had its world premiere at Miami New Drama in April 2026, followed by a run at Barrington Stage in the Berkshires.

Originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland. B.A. in Dance and Theater, Bard College; M.F.A. in Dance, The George Washington University. Cofounder and founding Artistic Director, The Stage in Tel Aviv. Former Advisory Board member, the Fisher Center at Bard. Asher lives in New York City with his partner, Stefano, his husband, Mati, and their two cats, Grogu and Rambi.

CHLOE TREAT (Director) is a New York-based director and choreographer. Born and raised in the great, if not wildly problematic state of Texas, she directs and choreographs big-ass-musicals, operas, and plays. Recent projects include Director and Choreographer of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shanghai Grand Theater), The American Opera Initiative (Washington National Opera), Taking up Serpents and Holy Ground (The Glimmerglass Festival), Dave Malloy’s Don’t Stop Me (Manhattan School of Music and The Polyphone Festival), and Fiddler on the Roof (The Alliance Theatre.) Chloe is an associate artist for Heartbeat Opera where she choreographed Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor, Daphnis and Chloe and Don Giovanni as well as co-directed a New York Times Critics’ Pick production of Der Freischütz.Chloe is an SDC Member and a Drama League Directing Fellow. Chloe was listed as one of the Broadway Women’s Fund “Women to Watch” in 2020 and received a grant from Opera America for Women Stage Directors and Conductors in 2022. Chloe is the mother of two and has presented her writing about the intersection of motherhood and directing in industry publications like the SDC journal.  Her ultimate goal as a director is to create spaces that value equally both artistic excellence and treating people well.