Alfian Sa’at
Alfian Sa’at is the Resident Playwright of Wild Rice and a renowned writer with works spanning poetry, short stories, flash fiction, and plays. His published works include One Fierce Hour, A History of Amnesia, Cooling Off Day, and Malay Sketches, among others. Alfian has received numerous accolades, including the Golden Point Award for Poetry (2001), the National Arts Council Young Artist Award, and multiple nominations for the Singapore Literature Prize. He has also won Best Original Script at the Life! Theatre Awards four times for plays including Landmarks (2004), Nadirah (2010), and Hotel (2016).

Mohd Fared Jainal
Mohd Fared Jainal: A recipient of the Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Award, Fared engages in cross-disciplinary work delving into both the realms of visual and performing arts. He holds a Master’s in Arts (Design) from Open University/LASALLE College of the Arts.
Fared has collaborated extensively with various theatre and arts groups in Singapore as a director, performer, visual artist, and set designer. He has won several awards as a director, designer and actor for the Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards and BOH Cameronian Arts Awards.
A founding member of Neon Tights, a visual art collective dealing with theatre design, Fared also served as the Artistic Director of Teater Ekamatra from 2013 to 2023. He also does consultancy work with Malay Heritage Centre (MHC) and teaches at School of the Arts (SOTA).