Stephen Nachmanovitch performs and teaches internationally as an improvisational violinist, and at the intersections of music, dance, theater, and multimedia arts. He is the author of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art (Penguin, 1990). He has taught and lectured widely in the United States and abroad on creativity and the spiritual underpinnings of art. In the 1970s he was a pioneer in free improvisation on violin, viola and electric violin. He has presented master classes and workshops at many conservatories and universities, and has had numerous appearances on radio, television, and at music and theater festivals. He is currently performing, recording, teaching, writing, and has completed a new book, Improvising is Life.

Cathy Rose Salit is the CEO and co-founder of Performance of a Lifetime, a training and organizational change company that helps Fortune 500 organizations grow through the art of performance, improvisation and storytelling. She is the author of Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work (Hachette). Cathy is also a singer, actress and member of the musical improv comedy troupe, The Proverbial Loons, at the Castillo Theatre on 42nd Street.