Biography: Madi Distefano is an actor, director, and writer based in Philadelphia. She was the Founding Artistic Director of Brat Productions where she produced A 24 Hour The Bald Soprano, EYE-95 Re-Tarred, and 20 seasons of incendiary theatre. She is a 9 time Barrymore nominee in 5 categories, and won Best Leading Actress for EDEN in 2005. Her one-person play, POPSICLE'S DEPARTURE, 1989, has won numerous awards including Best Solo Show, and a Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe. For 8 years she created and managed DOZEN STREET, a live music venue in Austin, TX. She is currently developing a new musical, and writing-producing the upcoming Wrestler Lady.