Katrina Bugaj is an American director, performer/creator, writer and researcher-practitioner. Under her direction, Out of Balanz was named one of the 13 most innovative physical theatre companies, alongside such companies as The SITI Company and DV8, in backstage.com. Katrina is an alumni member of the prestigious Lincoln Center Director's Lab in New York City and her work has been performed in over 15 countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia, including The John Houseman Theatre off-Broadway and The Barbican in London.

Katrina is a graduate of Grinnell College (BA), Copenhagen University (MA), The Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School (MFA eq.), The Danish National School of Performing Arts - Odsherred (2 year Auteur Uddannelsen), NYU Playwrights Horizons Directing Intensive and The National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center. She has also trained with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company, members of Complicite and The Royal Shakespeare Company. Katrina is a former member of the artistic board of the Forsøgsstation in Copenhagen and she is a member of the Nordic Network of Post-Migrant Performing Arts and The Network of Nordic Artists with a Multicultural Background.  

Troels Hagen Findsen is a Danish actor, performer/creator, writer, director and musician. He’s created and performed in a number of works in Denmark and abroad; ranging from the intimate, semi-autobiographical Ivan Hansen trilogy to the high-octane, two-man adaptation of Macbeth. Troels is an associate artist of the critically acclaimed Out of Chaos (formerly Temple Theatre) in London and he has worked with such artists and companies as; BBC Radio 4 Drama, Kitt Johnson’s X-Act, Rapid Eye, Erik Pold (Teater Momentum Ensemble Vol. 8) and The Figura Ensemble.

Troels is a graduate of The Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris and has trained with members of The SITI Company and Complicité. He is on the artistic board of Forsøgsstation and the faculty of The Academy of Modern Circus (AMOC). In 2012 Troels received a research and work grant for his research in autofictive storytelling and performance from The Danish Art Foundation's Statens Kunstfonds Film- og Scenekunstudvalg.