Biographies of the Authors  

Russel Stich has been involved with the Cleveland theatrical community for over twenty five years.  He began as a stand-up comedian and is a founding member of Something Dada Improvisational Comedy Co., with whom he has been performing since their foundation in 1994 and for which he currently serves as Artistic Director.  In addition to being an original cast member in “Tony & Tina’s Wedding,” during it’s record setting run at Playhouse Square, Stich has performed in numerous other productions.  He has directed well over seventy five productions – a majority of them for youth theaters. His writing experience includes stand-up, children’s theater, murder mysteries, video and live script content for local businesses and organizations.  

Nancy Nixon is usually disheveled and is often hiking or reading or knitting. Occasionally she writes poetry and plays.  Born in Cleveland, she eventually wandered away. She splits her time between rural Holmes County and Columbus.  Nixon is a member of the Ohio Poetry Association, was a member of the Pudding House Salon in Cleveland, and has performed her work at venues all over Ohio. Her work has appeared myriad places - print and online journals, the odd anthology, an art gallery, scratched in sand and tied to balloons. Her chapbook, Wary Of How the Cow Has Evolved, was published by Kattywompus Press in August 2013.    

Nixon and Stich are life-long friends who have enjoyed riffing on various topics and creating new universes with their interactions.  They finally decided to commit some of their notions to the page and originally conceived of an epistolary work which eventually evolved into the full length play The Bigfoot Letters.  They have also written the deliciously dark Ten-Minute play Minimum Rage, which was also produced in 2016.