Tyra Ashauntie is an Indigenous artist from Pelly Crossing, Selkirk First Nation, Huchá Hudän. Tyra’s artistic career started at the Music, Arts, and Drama Program at the Wood Street Centre, spending two semesters there participating in a number of plays. In the beginning of 2022 Tyra acted in Gwaandak Theatre's production of The Crows by Frances Končan as the character ‘Rual’. Tyra has acted for Gwaandak Theatre’s Indigenous Summer Play Readings in the summer of 2022 and 2023 and was also the director for one of the 2023 scripts. Tyra was also the assistant manager for Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre and The Guild Hall’s co-production of 'CoyWolf' by Colin Wolf. Tyra was one of five who were selected for Canada’s first National Queer & Trans Playwright unit where they got to work closely with other participants and dramaturges to develop their scripts. For ISPR 2024, one of the scripts will be ‘Constellation’ written by Tyra.

Leonard Linklater, playwright and journalist, is a member of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. Born and raised in Inuvik, N.W.T. he now lives in Whitehorse, Yukon with his partner. He was a co-creator of Ndoo Tr’eedyaa Gogwaandak (2019), radio plays. Leonard’s first play Sixty Below (Co-written with Patti Flather) received seven Dora nominations in Toronto (Native Earth, 1997). Justice was featured at the National Arts Centre’s Northern Scene (Ottawa, 2013). In 2019 he participated in the Caravan Farm Theatre National Playwrights Retreat, and he is currently working on an adaptation of Sixty Below with the Yukon Digital Theatre Collective. Leonard is a father and grandfather, and an avid soccer player.