Thirteen Creators & Guests

Nate DuFort is a writer, producer and director who splits his time between Detroit and Chicago. Nate is the Founder and Executive Producer of Soundsington Media, a children's podcast company focusing on quality audio programming for young audiences and the young at heart. His podcasts REACH: A Space Podcast for Kids, My Neighbors Are Dead, and Unspookable have been featured on Linkedin, NPR, CBC Radio, The New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes, Time Out New York, Fast Company, The A.V. Club, Vulture, the front pages of NPR One, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. Nate most recently served as the Creative Producer for Local Legend Films, having previously served as the Producer for Second City Theatricals, Producing Director for The Second City Touring Companies and the Producing Artistic Director for The Second City Detroit. Highlights include producing The Second City Guide to the Opera featuring Renee Fleming and Sir Patrick Stewart in partnership with Lyric Opera of Chicago, leading the producing team for The Second City's collaboration with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and managing the partnership at sea between Second City and Norwegian Cruise Line. Nate is currently directing The Second City and the Kennedy Center's Jazz Comedy Experiment coming to The Kennedy Center in the spring of 2020. Nate served on the Board of Directors for Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, Michigan and from 2005 to 2007 served as the Director of the Planet Ant Film & Video Festival and has segment produced and juried festivals around North America. Nate is also a voice actor who can be heard regularly voicing commercials, video games, and on podcasts such as Love+Radio, Maxine Miles, Creepy, The Strange Case of Starship Iris, and The Big Loop. You can find him on Twitter natedufort

Sinéad Persaud is an Indian-American writer, actress, and producer. She is the Co-founder of Shipwrecked Comedy and is best known for her work with the group. She is also very fond of jam.